Landsbro Monument

In the Battle of Landsbro, 500 Swedes fought against 13,800 Russians led by Peter the Great.

The Landsbro Monument was built as a memorial of the battle which was fought on that place during the Great War on August 22nd 1713 between the Swedish King Karl XII’s and the Russian Tsar Peter’s troops. During that time the Russians took over througout eastern and central Uusimaa region. To defend the passage to nation’s former capital Turku, Colonel Johan Stiernschantz took position with 500 men and 200 cavalrymen at the ford in Landsbro. The Russians came with 13 800 men and attacked the Swedish by a retentive at Svartå River. The monument made by the sculptor Bertel Nilsson was raised 1934.

Located at Vanha Turuntie 2, Karjaa.