[EN] During the late 60s the housing area "The Fortress" was constructed in community of Olofström in Blekinge, southern Sweden. Its name comes from the square placement of the four buildings with a common ground in the middle. By the late 90s two of the structures were demolished, another made into student housing and the last one was for a while used by Volvo IT, the social department and as immigrant housing. At the time of our visit in May 2009 it had been abandoned for about five years and was badly vandalized. The asbestos decontamination had just begun but the crew let us take a look inside.

[SE] Under slutet av 60-talet uppfördes området "Borgen" vid Tåkasjövägen i Olofström, Blekinge. Namnet kom av de fyra byggnadernas kvadratiska placering kring den gemensamma gårdsplanen. Under slutet av 90-talet revs två av husen, ett byggdes om till studentbostäder och det sista användes under några år av Volvo IT, socialkontoret och som flyktingförläggning. Vid vårt besök i maj 2009 hade det stått tomt i närmare fem år och vandaliserats hårt. Asbestsaneringen hade precis börjat men arbetarna lät oss ta en titt på interiörerna.

Photos are from May 2009. Album posted on January 2, 2010. Gear used are a Hasselblad 500 C/M, Planar 80 mm F/2.8, Kodak Tri-X at EV 400 and scanned with an Imacon Flextight Photo.