Storsien
Storsien is a small village in
internment camp located there where about 300–370 communists and pacifists were held during the winter of 1939–1940.[1][2][3]
The village was founded in 1798 and grew to its maximum size at the end of the 1940s with about 80 inhabitants. Today it consists of thirteen farms with a total of about twenty-five people. Mail service, with one delivery per week, was started in early 1900. Telephones were installed in 1927, and electricity in 1941.
66°02′N 23°03′E / 66.033°N 23.050°E
References
- ^ Engström, Björn (2017-11-25). "Lägret i Storsien har satt spår i historien". NSD.
- ^ "Storsien, fånglägret i Norrbotten under andra världskriget". Sveriges Radio.
- ^ Söderberg, Marianne (2010-03-03). "I Storsien lever minnet av historien vidare". Norbottenskuriren.
- Kieri, Gunnar (1985). Första arbetskompaniet Storsien (3., omarb. och utvidgade uppl. ed.). ISBN 91-7014-190-8.
- Molin, Karl (1982). Hemmakriget: om den svenska krigsmaktens åtgärder mot kommunister under andra världskriget. Tiden. ISBN 91-550-2785-7.