Flogåsen
Flogåsen is a hill in Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland. Flogåsen is situated nearby to the hamlet Svinnes, as well as near the locality Lunden.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tjøtta International War Cemetery and Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery.
Tjøtta International War Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tjøtta International War Cemetery is a war cemetery on Tjøtta, Northern Norway, founded in 1970. The sinking of the Rigel claimed some 2,500 lives on 27 November 1944. Tjøtta International War Cemetery is situated 4 km west of Flogåsen.
Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery on Tjøtta has more than 7,500 war graves, mostly Russians who were taken prisoners by Nazi Germany. The Soviet prisoners of war who died in North Norway during World War II were buried in ordinary church cemeteries or near the prison camps. Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery is situated 4 km west of Flogåsen.
Flogåsen
- Type: Hill
- Also known as: “Flogasen”
- Category: landform
- Location: Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian—“Flogåsen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Flogåsen”
- Dutch: “Flogåsen”
- Norwegian: “Flogåsen”
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