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Espeland concentration camp
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Espeland detention camp (Norwegian: Espeland fangeleir, German: Polizeihäftlingslager Espeland) was an internment camp opened in 1943 by Nazi Germany in occupied Norway next to the village of Espeland in the modern-day borough of Arna, Bergen. Built to house prisoners after the closure of the nearby Ulven detention camp, Espeland was soon being used to mitigate overcrowding in Bergen. It functioned as a transit camp, sending many inmates further to Grini detention camp and to camps in mainland Europe. Abuse was common and the total number of people killed during captivity is unknown. Following the surrender of the Nazi regime the previous day, the camp was liberated on 9 May 1945.
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Related facilities
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- Bardufoss concentration campConcentration camp
- Ulven concentration campConcentration camp
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- Krøkebærsletta concentration campConcentration camp
- Grini concentration campConcentration camp
- Falstad concentration campConcentration camp
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- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q3654665)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Espeland concentration camp. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/espeland-concentration-camp
Chicago
"Espeland concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/espeland-concentration-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-espeland-concentration-camp,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Espeland concentration camp},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/espeland-concentration-camp},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}