Storsien

Storsien is a small village in in northern . It is best known for the internment camp located there where about 300–370 communists and pacifists were held during the winter of 1939–1940.
  • Hamlet
  • …lies at an elevation of 36 metres (118 feet)
  • Description: settlement in Kalix Municipality,Sweden

Storsien

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Latitude
66.04173° or 66° 2′ 30″ north
Longitude
23.04621° or 23° 2′ 46″ east
Open location code
9GR522RW+MF
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Storsien” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Storsien”
  • Dutch: “Storsien”
  • French: “Storsien”
  • Irish: “Storsien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Storsien”
  • Swedish: “Storsien”

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