Suomalaislapsia Ruotsiin

A touching documentary directed by Holger Harrivirta (1915-86) about Finnish children, about 70,000 of whom were sent to Sweden during the war years. The film's train of war children arrives from the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944, travels via Kuopio and Haparanda to Stockholm. In Haparanda, there is a sauna and a medical examination, as well as a check of the surrender papers. Another batch of Karelian war children travels via Helsinki and Vaasa to Umeå in the summer of 1944.

Veikko Itkonen

Self - Narrator (voice)

• Holger HarrivirtaDirector

Release date

September 7, 1944

Status

Released

Original language

Finnish

Runtime

9m

Genres

Documentary