Ånebyleiren

Ånebyleiren was the first German prison camp in the Oslo area, and the second in Norway after Ulven near Bergen. Six barracks were built on stilts from the autumn of 1940 to the spring of 1941.

Type: Memorial
Description: nazi prison camp in Norway
Also known as: “TIL MINNE OM ANEBY-LEIREN 1941”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hakadal Church and Åneby Station.

Hakadal Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hakadal Church is situated 1 km northeast of Ånebyleiren.

Åneby Station

Railway station

Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Åneby Station is a railway station on the Gjøvik Line at Nittedal in Akershus, Norway. The station was opened in 1905 as a stop, three years after the line's opening in 1902. Åneby Station is situated 1½ km south of Ånebyleiren.

Åneby

Residential area

Åneby is a village in the municipality of Nittedal, Norway. Its population in 2006 was 1,356. Åneby is situated 1½ km south of Ånebyleiren.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotnes and Grønlundfjellet.

Rotnes

Village

Photo: Punkmorten, Public domain.

Rotnes is the administrative centre of Nittedal municipality, Norway. Its population is 20 939. It is located by the Norwegian National Road 4. Rotnes is situated 4½ km south of Ånebyleiren.

Grønlundfjellet

Quarter

Photo: TommyG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Grønlundfjellet is a village in the municipality of Gjerdrum, Norway. Its population was 2,174. Grønlundfjellet is situated 8 km east of Ånebyleiren.

Ask

Village

Photo: TommyG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ask is the administrative centre of Gjerdrum municipality, Norway. It is around 20 km north-east of Oslo. Its population is 6,890 as of 2020. Ask contains a community centre, schools, kindergartens, a training centre, shops, a pub, restaurants and hotel, according to public information. Ask is situated 10 km east of Ånebyleiren.

Ånebyleiren

Categories: prisoner-of-war camp, Ilag, and historic site
Location: Nittedal, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

60.10071° or 60° 6′ 3″ north

Longitude

10.86576° or 10° 51′ 57″ east

Open location code

9FGG4V28+78

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9826568982

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q20113254

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In Other Languages

From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“Ånebyleiren” goes by many names.

German: “Ånebylager”
German: “Ånebyleiren”
German: “Häftlingslager Åneby”
German: “Lager Åneby”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Ånebyleiren”
Norwegian: “Ånebyleiren”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hakadal and Kirkeby skole.

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