Norwegian War Graves

Following the Camp Norway reunion that took place in 1994, a non-profit organisation called The Camp Norway Foundation was set up under the laws of Canada. The purpose of the foundation is to make better known the contributions of the allied merchant fleets in the Second World War, with special emphasis on the vital part played by the Norwegians. The foundation is also encouraging the study of ...

The town of Lunenburg (population around 2500) is situated on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, about 100km south west of Halifax. The first European settlers came to the area around the year 1750. The town eventually became a very important fishing and shipbuilding port. It was the homeport of the famous schooner Bluenose, now featured on the Canadian dime (ten-cent piece). In 1996 the town was ...

In 1940 Norway, with a population of some 3,000,000, had the third largest ocean going merchant fleet in the world, about 1100 ships. When Nazi Germany invaded the country without warning on the 9th of April that year, 1024 of those ships were at sea. The King and government immediately ordered them all to proceed to allied ports. Not one refused, despite messages from the Quisling government o...