page_title: Internment camps in Sweden during World War II
section_title: Camps during the war
hierarchical_section_title: Internment camps in Sweden during World War II / Camps during the war
caption_attribution_description: Interneringsläger, Sveg 1939-42
context_page_description: A number of internment camps were operated by Sweden during World War II. These camps were used for internment of, among others, suspected criminals, German refugees, anarchists and Swedish communists.
  Military personnel from both sides in the war, if they entered Sweden without prior agreement, were also often subject to internment.
  The camps were claimed to have been a decision necessary in the ambition to keep Sweden out of the war. It was made by the then-ruling grand coalition government under social democrat prime minister Per Albin Hansson, which all included all parties in the Parliament of Sweden, with the notable exception of the Communist Party of Sweden.
context_section_description: In February 1940, the decision was made to build several internment camps, which are believed to have held around 3,000 inmates between the years 1940-1948.
  -	Axmar, Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County (1945)
  -	Ede, Krokom Municipality, Jämtland County (1943–1948)
  -	Florsberg, Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg County (1943–1948)
  -	Grytan, Östersund Municipality, Jämtland County (January–September 1942)
  -	Hälsingmo, Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg County (1943–1948)
  -	Ingels, Rättvik Municipality, Dalarna County (1942–1946)
  -	Kusfors, Norsjö Municipality, Västerbotten County (1944–1945)
  -	Långmora, Hedemora Municipality, Dalarna County (March 1940-1945)
  -	Lövnäsvallen, Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County (September 1941–January 1942)
  -	Naartijärvi, Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County (January–March 1940)
  -	Norra Bredåker, Boden Municipality, Norrbotten County (December 1939–January 1940) (Merged with Storsien internment camp in January 1940)
  -	Rengsjö, Bollnäs Municipality, Gävleborg County (1942–1945)
  -	Smedsbo, Falun Municipality, Dalarna County (March 1940-1945)
  -	Stensele, Storuman Municipality, Västerbotten County (August–October 1943)
  -	Storsien, Kalix Municipality, Norrbotten County (December 1939–April 1940; May–July 1940)
  -	Sunnerstaholm, Bollnäs Municipality, Gävleborg County (1945–1946)
  -	Säter, Säter Municipality, Dalarna County (1943–1946)
  -	Sörbyn, Boden Municipality, Norrbotten County (1944–1945)
  -	Tjörnarp, Höör Municipality, Skåne County (1945–1946)
  -	Vindeln, Vindeln Municipality, Västerbotten County (August–October 1943)
  -	Vägershult, Uppvidinge Municipality, Kronoberg County (1942–1945)
  -	Öxnered, Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County (September 1941–January 1942)
caption: An internment camp in 1940
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