Lapplandsender was during the World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 a military radio station for Nazi German forces in Northern Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 and Northern Norway

Norway

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. The transmitter was situated in the German garrison area outside the provincial capital of Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its...

 in the Arctic Circle

Arctic Circle

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. The station was under command of Propagandakompanie 680, which was one of the propaganda

Propaganda

Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....

 units of the Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...

, the German armed forces.

Lapplandsender broadcast entertainment, news and propaganda daily from December 1941. On October 1944, after the Lapland war

Lapland War

The Lapland War were the hostilities between Finland and Nazi Germany between September 1944 and April 1945, fought in Finland's northernmost Lapland Province. While the Finns saw this as a separate conflict much like the Continuation War, German forces considered their actions to be part of the...

 had been broken out between the Germans and the Finns, the station was taken down and moved to Bergen

Bergen

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 in Northern Norway. Shortly after Rovaniemi was burned to the ground

Battle of Rovaniemi

The Battle of Rovaniemi was an event during the 1944 Lapland War. The actual fighting between the Finnish Armoured Division and the troops of the German Twentieth Mountain Army took place to the south of the town of Rovaniemi...

by retreating German forces.

External links

• http://www.northernstar.no/konigs.htm
• http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Propaganda/Propaganda-R.htm Propagandakompanie 680
• Finnish Broadcasting company archives files General Dietl's eulogy 1944