Grini detention camp
Grini prison camp (Norwegian: Grini fangeleir, German: Polizeihäftlingslager Grini) was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here.
| Grini detention camp | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
Grini, sometime between 1941 and 1943 | |
Location of Grini detention camp within Akershus Grini detention camp (Norway) | |
| Coordinates | 59.9534°N 10.5825°E |
| Other names | German: Polizeihäftlingslager Grini, Norwegian: Grini fangeleir |
| Location | Bærum, Akershus, Norway |
| Built by | Norway |
| Operated by | Nazi Germany |
| Original use | Constructed as a women's prison |
| First built | 1938–1940 |
| Operational | 14 June 1941 – 7 May 1945 |
| Liberated by | Harry Söderman |
| Notable inmates | List of Grini prisoners |
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