Fannrem concentration camp

Fannrem concentration camp (Norwegian: Fannrem fangeleir) was a concentration camp that was located at Fannrem in the old Orkdal Municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway (now part of Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county). It was established as an annex to the Grini concentration camp by the Nazi authorities in Norway in October 1944 and lasted until the end of the war.^[1]

Fannrem
Concentration camp
Location in Trøndelag Show map of Trøndelag Fannrem concentration camp (Norway) Show map of Norway
Coordinates	63°15′59″N 09°48′56″E
Location	Orkland Municipality, Norway
Original use	Slave labor
First built	Oct 1944
Operational	1944-1945

The camp consisted of military barracks that held between 6 and 20 prisoners who were kept very isolated. Up to 200 prisoners were in the camp at one time. The prisoners were engaged in hard labor while at Fannrem. Prisoners were put to work as slave labor on the Thamshavn Line railroad.^[2]

See also

• List of Nazi-German concentration camps