Storsien
Located in Kalix Municipality, Norrbotten County Coordinates: 66°02′00″ N 23°03′00″ E
- Elevation
- 36 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Stockholm · UTC+01:00
About Storsien
Storsien is a village. Location: Kalix Municipality, Norrbotten County. Elevation: 36 m.
Storsien is a small village in Kalix Municipality in northern Sweden. 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. The village was founded in 1798 and grew to its maximum size at the end of the 1940s with about 80 inhabitants. Today it consists of thirteen farms with a total of about twenty-five people. Mail service, with one delivery per week, was started in early 1900.
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Nearby attractions & nature
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Degerberget Mountain, Kalix Municipality22 km SW
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Lilla Fisket Island, Norrbotten County23 km S
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