In the cemetery of German soldiers in Rovaniemi's Norvajärvi rest 2683 fallen

Everyday life in Finnish Lapland during the Second World War was very German-oriented, as more than 200,000 German soldiers were transferred to the north of Finland during the Continuation War. After the Continuation War, the German war effort in Finland continued in the Lapland war against the Finns.  In about five years, about 15,000 German soldiers died on the Finnish fronts. Most of the dead are buried in the territories of present-day Russi…