Varberg Radio Station

The Varberg Radio Station marks a phase in the development of telecommunications: that of wireless transatlantic communication. The Swedish engineer Ernst Fredrik Werner Alexanderson (1878-1975) was responsible for a number of innovations in this field.

The station was built in Grimeton (South Sweden) in 1922-1924. The rapid technological development in this field made it already obsolete a few years later.

Year	Decision	Comments
2004	Inscribed	Reasons for inscription

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Christer Sundberg (Sweden):

The Radio Station of Grimeton is easily accessed, slightly east of Varberg. Once, in the 1920:ies, Grimeton was part of a global network of long wave radio stations, linking the world for both business and personal telecommunication purposes. The station consists of six majestic 127-meter high steel towers and – just as majestic - transmitter equipment, housed in the station building. Today, Grimeton is the only station preserved in this global series of stations, a technology developed by Swedish-American Ernst F.W. Alexanderson. Next to the station building is a small museum and café where you can browse through the history of telecom as well as buy your tickets for the guided tours.

Date posted: August 2005

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