[The contribution of civilian health and social workers in the districts of Vardø and Gamvik during World War II].

The eastern part of the county of Finnmark in North-Norway played a prominent part in the German planning of the attack on Murmansk in 1941. The Norwegian civilian population suffered badly from the warfare. In the last phase of the war, the Germans burnt down and destroyed almost everything in the entire county, and a considerable part of the Norwegian population was forced to evacuate. This paper recounts some of the wartime episodes on the coast between the city of Vardø and the Nordkinn peninsula. Vardø with its hospital and a number of fishing harbours were completely destroyed. Attention is drawn to the excellent job done by the civilian Norwegian health and social workers during the terrible years of German occupation.