Jøssingfjord

Jøssingfjord

Jøssingfjord is a fjord located within the municipality of Sokndal in south-western Norway.

The fjord is known as the location of the Altmark Incident, where, during World War II, on February 16 1940, the British destroyer "Cossack" managed to free prisoners taken by the German pocket battleship "Admiral Graf Spee" from the German tanker "Altmark".

During the war, the term "Jøssing" came to mean a Norwegian patriot, the opposite of a Quisling (or traitor). The origin of this term is ironic: the Norwegian collaborator government tried to neutralize their nickname "Quislings" by using the Jøssingfjord event to coin a derogatory term "Jøssing", referring to anti-nazis. This attempt backfired.

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* [http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=58.313633~6.337265&style=h&lvl=15&tilt=-28.7628747234395&dir=24.2857999232379&alt=4548.7205780549 3D satellite view of the "Jøssingfjord" at Live Virtual Earth 3D]
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