From 1889 to 2000, eleven head keepers were in charge of Kullen Lighthouse. Here they are in order, from the building of the lighthouse around the turn of the century to its centenary.
1889
Lundin was head keeper for almost 30 years. During his time the present lighthouse was built, and it was taken into service in 1900. He thus led the work through a decisive change in the history of the lighthouse station.
1919
Lagerwall succeeded Lundin and was in charge of the lighthouse station for almost two decades. In his time the manned lighthouse was still a central part of maritime safety off Kullaberg.
1938
Arvid Kyhlberg ran the lighthouse station during the first years of the Second World War. He had worked at Kullen before, and his son Ivar would later become head keeper at the same place.
1943
Westerlind served as acting head keeper for four months, between the periods of Arvid Kyhlberg and Sven Edler.
1944
Edler was head keeper for more than seventeen years, from the final stage of the war and through the post-war years. His service coincided with a period of technical development in shipping.
1961
Lindquist came to Kullen after long service at other lighthouse stations, among them Garpen off Kalmar. He ran the station for most of the 1960s.
1969
Ivar Kyhlberg followed in the footsteps of his father Arvid. During his time the ferry Prinsesse Margrethe ran aground at Kullaberg in 1971.
1977
Ohlsson was head keeper when the future staffing of Kullen Lighthouse was being debated. In a newspaper article from May 1978 he argued for the value of keeping staff at the lighthouse station.
1978
Sundberg took up his post the same year the lighthouse was automated. The work nevertheless continued with supervision and weather observations. In 1982 he was featured in the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.
1986
Widén came to Kullen in 1983 and first worked under Alvar Sundberg. He took over as head keeper in 1986 and has since talked about life at the lighthouse station and the work of looking after its buildings.
1992
Bastérus had his workplace at Kullen Lighthouse in the late 1990s and took part in guided tours. At the lighthouse’s centenary in September 2000 he was explicitly named as head keeper.
2000
Source: Swedish Lighthouse Society’s lighthouse staff register (in Swedish)