Grini detention camp
Grini prison camp was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eiksmarka Church and Ekraveien.
Ekraveien
Railway stop
Photo: Wasielgallery, CC BY 3.0.
Ekraveien is the last Oslo Metro station on the Røa Line within Oslo's city limits. It is between the stations Røa and Eiksmarka. It was opened 22 December 1948 when the Røa Line was extended to Grini.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Røa and Hovseter.
Røa
Suburb
Røa is a neighbourhood and a former administrative borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. In 2004 the borough of Røa was merged with neighbouring Vinderen to become Vestre Aker borough.
Hovseter
Suburb
Hovseter is a neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway, that comes under Vestre Aker kommune and lies between Røa and Holmen. Hovseter was originally a place under Hoff farm.
Holmenkollen
Suburb
Photo: Tomoyoshi NOGUCHI, CC BY 2.0.
Holmenkollen is a mountain and a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. It goes up to 500 metres above sea level and is well known for its international skiing competitions.
Grini detention camp
- Type: Farm
- Description: Nazi prison camp in Bærum, Norway
- Categories: prisoner-of-war camp, internment camp, locality, and agriculture
- Location: Bærum, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.9495° or 59° 56′ 58″ northLongitude
10.62951° or 10° 37′ 46″ eastElevation
140 metres (459 feet)Open location code
9FFGWJXH+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 6465581140OpenStreetMap feature
place=farm
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Grini detention camp” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գրինի”
- Catalan: “Grini”
- Chinese: “格利尼集中營”
- Chinese: “格里尼拘留營”
- Chinese: “格里尼拘留营”
- Danish: “Grini”
- Dutch: “Grini”
- Finnish: “Grini”
- French: “Grini”
- German: “Polizeihäftlingslager Grini”
- Hebrew: “מחנה המעצר גריני”
- Italian: “Campo di prigionia di Grini”
- Italian: “Grini”
- Japanese: “グリニ強制収容所”
- Japanese: “グリニ警察刑務収容所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grini fangeleir”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Polizeihäftlingslager Grini”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grini fangeleir”
- Norwegian: “Grini fangeleir”
- Portuguese: “Grini”
- Russian: “Грини”
- Spanish: “Grini”
- Swedish: “Grini”
- Uzbek: “Grini konslageri”
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