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Gallery

From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).

  • Albumside fra Viggo Heirungs album - Page from Viggo Heirung’s album (5327125028).jpg

    Photo by The Falstad Centre from Ekne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Arbeidsfolk på Falstad (ca. 1950) - Workers at Falstad (ca. 1950) (14087381740).jpg

    Photo by The Falstad Centre from Ekne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Arbeidsfolk på Falstad (ca. 1950) - Workers at Falstad (ca. 1950) (14087381820).jpg

    Photo by The Falstad Centre from Ekne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Arbeidsfolk på Falstad (ca. 1950) - Workers at Falstad (ca. 1950) (14274001125).jpg

    Photo by The Falstad Centre from Ekne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Arbeidsfolk på Falstad (ca. 1950) - Workers at Falstad (ca. 1950) (14274001435).jpg

    Photo by The Falstad Centre from Ekne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Arkitekt Semmelmann 1942 - Architect Semmelmann 1942 (5327121532).jpg

    Photo by The Falstad Centre from Ekne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Avreise fra Falstad fangeleir juni 1942 - Departure from Falstad prison camp June 1942 (5326512251).jpg

    Photo by The Falstad Centre from Ekne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Bak fangebrakkene - Behind the prisoner barracks (6276311970).jpg

    Photo by The Falstad Centre from Ekne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Background

Falstad concentration camp (Norwegian: Falstad fangeleir or German: SS-Strafgefangenenlager Falstad) was situated in the village of Ekne in what was Skogn Municipality (now part of Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county) in Norway. It was used mostly for political prisoners from Nazi-occupied territories.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1941

Operational

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Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1941

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Known issues

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