Elvenes, Finnmark

Elvenes
Village

View of the village
Elvenes

Location in Finnmark

Coordinates: 69°40′45″N 30°06′20″E / 69.67917°N 30.10556°E / 69.67917; 30.10556Coordinates: 69°40′45″N 30°06′20″E / 69.67917°N 30.10556°E / 69.67917; 30.10556
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Finnmark
District Øst-Finnmark
Municipality Sør-Varanger
Elevation[1] 20 m (70 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code 9900 Kirkenes

Elvenes is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located at the mouth of the river Pasvikelva where it flows into the Bøkfjorden, a southern branch of the Varangerfjorden. The village lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the village of Hesseng, along the European route E105. The town of Kirkenes lies about a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) drive to the northwest.[2]

During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany a camp for Soviet prisoners-of-war was located in Elvenes, and in 1942 about six hundred Norwegian teachers were sent to Elvenes for slave labour.[3][4]

References

  1. "Elvenes" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Elvenes" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  3. Hoprekstad, Olav (1946). Frå lærarstriden (in Norwegian). Bergen: J.W.Eides Forlag.
  4. Steffenak, Einar Kr. (2008). Russerfangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Humanist Forlag. ISBN 978-82-92622-36-0.


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