Ten questions on Suomenlinna

Suomenlinna museum displays the rich history of the island fortress from the 18th century to the present day. Do you know the answers to the questions on Suomenlinna below? The right answers can be found inside the Suomenlinna museum.

1. Augustin Ehrensvärd, the first Commander of Sveaborg, was a) Finnish b) Swedish c) Russian

2. The building work of Sveaborg began in the a) 17th century b) 18th century c) 19th century

3. The roads in Sveaborg were covered with a) asphalt b) gravel c) planks

4. In the beginning the cannons were loaded a) automatically b) from the front c) from the back

5. In 1855 Sveaborg was bombarded by a) Russian-German troops b) French-English troops c) Swedish-Danish troops

6. The man who planned the vessels of the archipelago fleet was called a) Cronstedt b) Chapman c) Thunberg

7. The Suomenlinna dockyard was built in the a) 16th century b) 17th century c) 18th century

8. In addition to ships, in the dockyard they built a) guns b) aeroplanes c) houses

9. The Suomenlinna church was initially built a) Lutheran b) Orthodox c) Catholic

10. You get to Suomenlinna a) on foot b) by boat c) by plane