Stay at Carlsten Fortress
Carlsten’s sturdy walls wrap their protective embrace around the keep and the commandant’s house. In these 18th- and 19th-century buildings, you’ll spend the night in our charming rooms, just as thousands of soldiers have done over the years.
The Dungeon. At first, the soldiers at Carlsten lived in the large halls up by the tower. In the 1840s, the new barracks in the southern Donjon were completed. They could accommodate 600 soldiers and officers, who slept in hammocks suspended from the ceiling. Cannons were positioned in the windows facing the sea to defend the southern harbor entrance. The Donjon was renovated to its current condition in 2003.
The Commandant’s House was built of brick in 1775 for the commandant and the noble prisoners. The house also housed Carlsten’s only female prisoner, Metta Charlotta Fock, who was accused of poisoning her children and her husband. Carlsten’s last commandant still lives on the upper floor of the house.
The rooms at Carlstens Soldathotell range from single-bed rooms to eight-bed rooms in the Kommendanthuset and the Donjonen. All groups that book with us are assigned a private room. All rooms are unique and have their own shower and toilet (some rooms have a private shower and toilet just outside the room). Check-in is usually after lunch or by arrangement. Check-out is at 11:00 a.m. on the day of departure. You can read more about the hotel’s history here.
Watch the video about Carlsten’s Soldier’s Hotel
For more information about the rooms, prices, and more, visit the Soldathotell’s website.
Welcome to Carlsten’s Soldier’s Hotel
Charles Souther and his staff