Kjesäter
59°02′43″N 15°54′52″E / 59.045146°N 15.914469°E Kjesäter is a manor in the municipality of
]Refugee camp and transit center
The first wave of refugees to Sweden came from Norway on or after April 9, 1940. These included officials of the legitimate Norwegian government, political activists, especially communists, and some Jews who feared persecution. Many of these initial refugees returned to Norway when things appeared to stabilize. The Swedish government continued to grant asylum to political refugees throughout the war, and in 1942 groups persecuted for other reasons were also admitted by Swedish officials. The escape from Norway usually involved transport by train or side roads to areas near the border, and then clandestine passage on foot, skis and occasionally boat to the Swedish border. Swedish border officials (landsfiskaler) accepted the refugees and sent them to transit centers.
After
The center in Kjesäter would serve as the main transit point for refugees from Norway throughout the war. It was directed by
Notes
- ^ "Kjesäter Folkhögskola website" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ Lundgren, Nils August (1873). Beskrifning öfver Vestra Vingåkers socken. (2nd ed., 1932, reprinted). Vingåker: P. Linderoths bokhandel
- ^ Ole Kristian Grimnes. "Kjesäter". NorgesLexi (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ Helge Paulsen. "Flyktningskontoret i Stockholm 1940-1946". NorgesLexi (in Norwegian). Norwegian national archives. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ John Amandus Aae (1890-1968) Archived 2005-03-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Nils Johan Lavik. "Norske flyktninger i Sverige 1940-1945" (PDF). Linjer fra psykososialt senter for flyktninger (in Norwegian). Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies. Retrieved 2008-02-24.[dead link]
- ^ National archives, ibid