Skåne line bunker in Hittarp
"The Skåne Line (Swedish: Skånelinjen), popularly known as the Per Albin Line (Swedish: Per Albin-linjen) after then-Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson, was a 500 kilometer long line of light fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden to protect the country from a possible German or Soviet invasion. It stretched from Halland across Skåne to Blekinge and consisted of two defensive lines:
First defensive line: concrete bunkers along the shore, armed with machine guns and light cannons.
Second defensive line: armed troops 300 meters inland behind barbed wire, some in concrete bunkers.
Skåne line bunker in Hittarp
"The Skåne Line (Swedish: Skånelinjen), popularly known as the Per Albin Line (Swedish: Per Albin-linjen) after then-Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson, was a 500 kilometer long line of light fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden to protect the country from a possible German or Soviet invasion. It stretched from Halland across Skåne to Blekinge and consisted of two defensive lines:
First defensive line: concrete bunkers along the shore, armed with machine guns and light cannons.
Second defensive line: armed troops 300 meters inland behind barbed wire, some in concrete bunkers.