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Exhibition in the Cowshed from Indre Billefjord

The History

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Midnight sun with a view of Hammerfest, 1907. A. B. Wilse / Norsk Folkemuseum

THREE PEOPLES

TRADE AND TAXATION

CRISES AND GROWTH

SÁMI TURF HUTS AND SWISS CHALETS

The War

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The bombing of Vadsø, August 23th 1944. Ukjent fotograf / Finnmark fylkesbibliotek

OCCUPATION

EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE WAR

THE GERMAN SOLDIERS

The Scorched Earth

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A woman and her granddaughter on their way to the German transport ship Karl Arp, October 1944. Ukjent fotograf/ / Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum

SCORCHED EARTH …

REFUGEES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY

Hidden, but not forgotten

Before the forced evacuation, many buried or hid things they did not want to lose but were unable to carry.

People in Porsanger

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The Bossekop fair at Alta, 1928. A. B. Wilse / Norsk Folkemuseum
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Coastal Sami fishing in Lerresfjord north of Alta, 1882. : Sophus Tromholt / Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen

PORSANGER PEOPLE

COASTAL SÁMI