Tjøtta International War Cemetery

Tjøtta International War Cemetery is a war cemetery on , Northern Norway, founded in 1970. The sinking of the Rigel claimed some 2,500 lives on 27 November 1944.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: War Cemetery in Alstahaug, Northern Norway
  • Also known as: “Krigskirkegård”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery and Tjøtta Church.

Cemetery
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on 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.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in in county, . It is located in the village of on the . is situated 2½ km southeast of Tjøtta International War Cemetery.

Tjøtta International War Cemetery

Latitude
65.8452° or 65° 50′ 43″ north
Longitude
12.39398° or 12° 23′ 38″ east
Inception
1970
Open location code
9FQJR9WV+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26557179
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q4288273
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Russian—“Tjøtta International War Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Tjøtta internasjonale krigskirkegård”
  • German: “Internationale Kriegsgräberstätte Tjøtta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rigel-forlis gravlund”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tjøtta internasjonale krigskirkegård”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rigelkirkegården”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rigelkyrkjegarden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tjøtta internasjonale krigskyrkjegard”
  • Norwegian: “Tjøtta internasjonale krigskirkegård”
  • Russian: “Международное воинское кладбище на Хьётте”

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Highlights include Russekirkegården and Juldagen.

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