Trip to Petsamo och Liinahamari 1931

Gösta Fraenckel, well known Gothenburg profile, filmed trips and competitions with cars and airplanes, the oldest films are from 1926. The films have been digitized by the Region Archives in collaboration with Svensk Flyghistorik Förening (the Swedish Aviation Historical Society), the Auto Racing heritage (Bilsportarvet) and Motorhistoriska Riksförbundet (MHRF).

[@user-bk9kx3rt7j]

Спасибо, очень интересно!

[@user-by2nb4vt1p]

Спасибо, посмотрел с интересом.

[@AZdesign12]

I recognize Salmijarvi ! I was born near that place-but, I recognize only the lake and hills ...
no buildings ...

[@RobertParzer]

Thank you so much. I am researching the fate of imprisoned Wehrmacht soldiers who hat to march to Petsamo from Rovaniemi by foot. Hundreds starved or were shot. There must be quite a few graves along that road.

[@asdfghjkl48929]

Just curious: Do you mean the 2.500 German soldiers that were taken as prisoners by Finnish troops in Lapland? The reason I wonder is because Finnish troops never got to Petsamo (the Russians did), so why would they march from Petsamo to Rovaniemi? Maybe you meant all the Germans that had to march to Rovaniemi after the war in Lapland? Do you need any help finding sources?
Edit: added the number of 2,500 German POWs (source: Prisoners of War in Finland in WW II, 2008)

[@TheOrtodoxel]

Интересно! Спасибо!

[@apexxxx10]

*Spasiba! But, translation, please!*

[@TheOrtodoxel]

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[@johndoe1909]

Thanks for your effort. Interested in the background was this some preparation for the war?

[@mikerubio1497]

From Wikipedia: "Construction of a road from Sodankylä through Ivalo to Liinakhamari started in 1916 and was completed in 1931. This made Petsamo a popular tourist attraction, as it was the only port by the Barents Sea that could be reached by automobile." So probably just a tourist trip.

[@johndoe1909]

I was just wonderings since Fraenkel was involved. But I guess your take on it is the likely one given that it was 31, a bit to early to foresee whats was coming.

[@asdfghjkl48929]

The road to the Barents Sea is almost legendary in Finland. Before the war all "real motorists" (the few that we had in Finland) saw is as a true achievement to drive the "Jäämerentie" (Barents Sea rd, Rovaniemi-Petsamo). There was a certain radiator badge you got when you had done the trip, I think it was given by the national Automobile club. During the war is was of course the only route to the outer world for Finland (actually important for northern Sweden, too), and there are lot of books written about the truckers who drove this road in appalling conditions.

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