Location: | East of Singö Åland Sea Sweden |
Coordinates: | 60.1744°N 18.825°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1820 |
Automated: | 1961 |
Construction: | stone tower |
Shape: | massive cylindrical tower with gallery and lantern |
Marking: | white tower with a black band on the top |
Height: | 12m (39feet) |
Focalheight: | 19.5m (64feet) |
Lens: | open fire (original), 4th order Fresnel lens (1899) |
Characteristic: | LFl (2) WRG 15s. |
Country: | Sweden |
Countrynumber: | SV-2228 |
Managingagent: | Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)[1] |
Svartklubben is a Swedish lighthouse located on a small island east of the island Singö in the province of Uppland.
This massive lighthouse was constructed to carry a coal fire. In 1842 it was updated with a colza oil lamp and in 1849 parabolic mirrors were installed. In 1875 it was updated with a kerosene lamp, and in 1899 the current lens and lantern were installed. It got a gas mantle light in 1935, and was finally electrified and automated in 1961. The keeper's house is now sold as a private residence, but the Swedish Maritime Administration still owns and maintains the lighthouse.
The lighthouse has been a listed building in Sweden since 1935.