Stratjara, Sweden — Past Location

With the first of these two Futuros having now arrived at its new location, the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping where it will be restored and then used as a conference room, and the second sitting at the Norrköping-Bråvalla Airfield awaiting auction it is time to «retire» this page.

So, as of today, there will be no further updates to this page; new information and updates relating to the Futuro in Linköping will be found here and for Norrköping here.

Details of the public auction for one of the two Futuros removed from Stråtjära have now been posted on the Fortifikationsverket website.

There are two currently viewing sessions scheduled for 092416 (10:00-12:00) and 092416 (14:00-16:00). The website indicates that these sessions are for «serious bidders» only and registration is required. Interested parties can register here. According to this page on the website online bidding will run 100316 through 101016.

A deposit of 10% of the purchase

The journey continues; the photo below, taken 072516 by cykloman, shows the Futuros in a field at Norrköping-Bråvalla Airfield following the trip from the Port of Norrsundet waiting for the start of restoration work.

In the early hours of 070616 the two Futuros left the Port of Norrsundet by road for Norrköping-Bråvalla Airfield where one be will be refurbished before moving to the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping and the other will be prepared for auction.

The location of these Futuros has now been changed to Norrköping-Bråvalla Airfield.

These photos were posted to Instagram by Niklas Luks 070616. The first shows one of the Futuros being loaded onto a flatbed for transport from the Port of Norrsunde

Fredrik Björkman continues to report on the movement of these Futuros; his latest report, published 062016, can be found on helahalsingland.se. In this report we learned that the barge transport from the Port of Norrsundet to Norrköping started on 062016 and was expected to take two days.

The Futuros will be prepared for the next stage of their journey in Norrköping; one will then go on to the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping and the other will be put up for auction.

The article was accom

On 060216 these two Futuros began the multi stage journey that will end with one unit going to the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping and the other being put up for auction.

Stage one of the journey; a road trip to the Port of Norrsundet where the Futuros will stay for a few days before they are loaded onto a barge for onward transport to Norrköping where they will be restored before moving on.

Swedish journalists Daniel Sjöholm and Fredrik Björkman sent us links this morning to articles th

Fredrik Björkman was able to provide a little more information on the process of removing the first of the two Futuros from its tower that took place 042116. The lift proved more complicated than first thought due to having to remove the Futuro with a section of the concrete pillar still attached.

This was not the original plan and thus the weight for the lift was much greater than planned for. The Futuro was firmly attached to the concrete and so a concrete saw had to be used to cut through th

As planned Helahalsingland.se broadcast live from Stråtjära on 042116. There were several broadcast periods which included interviews by journalist Fredrik Björkman (that of course we could not understand), a video tour of the interior of the Futuro on the North Tower and live coverage of the lifting of the second Futuro from atop the south tower down to ground level. The actual lift took place somewhat later than initially planned due to some challenges in setting up the lift.

Some stills from

Swedish journalist Fredrik Björkman has written several articles on these Futuros that have been published on helahalsingland.se and two more were added recently. Our thanks to Fredrik for alerting us to these articles just as he has done in the past.

In the first of these, published 041416, Fredrik tells us that the Futuros will shortly be removed from their current site. He goes on to report that although the Futuros could, in theory, be disassembled before being moved due to their age and la

2016 will likely see the two Futuros currently located at Stråtjära «on the move» with one going to the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping and the other planned for the «auction block».

The Northern Futuro will be relocated to the Swedish Air Force Museum where, according to museum director Michael Parr, it will be refurbished and function as a meeting/conference room. As a part of the museum’s conference facilities it is hoped that the Futuro will attract additional clients in addition to t

A while ago a Swedish journalist named Fredrik Björkman contacted us about contributing to an article he was writing for Helahalsingland.se about these Futuros (and while some of the quotes from me are accurate others, if we are translating correctly, are a little inaccurate). The military base upon which the Futuros sit has been sold and the future of the Futuros is uncertain. Fredrik’s August 2014 article can be found online here or as a pdf files here and here.

Between Google Translate and a

Blogger Tobbe Arnesson visited Stråtjära on 122812 and posted about his visit on his blog Trotylbild (Swedish | Google translation to English here). The photos below, displayed hereb courtesy of Tobbe, accompanied his post. Our thanks to Mattias Andersson who sent us a message telling us about the blog post and to Tobbe for allowing us to display his photos..

We received an email from Patrik Eriksson today; thanks to Patrik who provided us with the location and a little additional information we now know that the third Swedish Air Force Futuro is located at Såtenäs Air Force Base.

Patrik was also able to provide a brief update regarding the Stråtjära Futuros including confirmation that they are still on site. Patrik had visited them this past summer and one of his friends visited as recently as 110212; Patrik tells us that the doors to the towers ha

The book Futuro — Tomorrow’s House From Yesterday tells us that between the years 1969 and 1971 the Swedish Air Force purchased three Futuro’s which were to serve as observation towers at a practice firing range north of Gävle, Sweden. The Futuro’s were pre-assembled and then lifted onto concrete pillars rising above the trees in the area (the bottom photo below shows one of the Futuro’s at ground level before being lifted to the top of its tower).

These Futuro’s were modified to enhance fire s