Norway was occupied by Germany from 1940 to 1945 during World War II. However Norway had a large fleet of merchant ships that transported goods to and from countries allied against Germany. The Norwegian government in exile in London organised this traffic. About half of this fleet was attacked by torpedoes or bombs and almost 4,000 Norwegian sailors were killed during the war.
A polished black granite monument pays tribute to Norwegian sailors that died and were buried in Nova Scotia. The monument has the white image of a wounded sailor being held by another sailor who is shading his eyes while looking in the distance.
The front of the monument is inscribed:
IN MEMORY OF MEMBERS OF
THE NORWEGIAN MERCHANT NAVY,
ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY,
AND ROYAL NORWEGIAN ARMY,
WHO WERE LOST AT SEA OR WERE BURIED
IN NOVA SCOTIA DURING THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
The back of the monuments lists the name and location of the cemetery, name of the sailor, date of burial, and age of the deceased.
HARDWOOD HILL CEMETERY, SIDNEY
GUNDERSEN, ELIAS BUERSTAD, buried
ST JOHN CEMETERY, FAIRVIEW
ANDERSEN, ANDERS, buried 27.11.1944, age
BARØ, ANDERS, buried 26.3.1943, age 40
BECKLUND, LEONARD, buried 24.12.1942, age 46
EILERTSEN, ERLING, buried 24.11.1942, age 46
JOHANNESEN, SVERRE, buried 13.10.1942, age 40
JOHANSEN, ARNOLD, buried 4.2.1943, age 22
LEITHE, ARNOLD, buried 15.1.1943, age 38
OPSTAD, FINN, buried 13.10.1943, age 23
CAMP HILL CEMETERY
ABRAHAMSEN, ALF, buried 27.7.1942, age 28
ANDERSEN, OLAF H., buried 12.2.1942, age 53
BERGSLID, PAULUS, buried 24.12.1942, age 53
BREIVIK, JØRGEN, buried 14.5.1942, age
ELGESEM, HANS HJ., buried 1.10.1942, age 51
HALVORSEN, ERLING, buried 23.6.1942, age 24
JOHANSEN, HANS ALF, buried 26.4.1941, age 44
JONASSEN, ANKER, buried 2.11.1944, age 40
JØRGENSEN, NORMAN, buried 18.11.1940, age 18
KRÖBLE, SIVERT, buried 4.3.1942, age 59
LARSEN, KRISTIAN, buried 8.2.1942, age 30
LOSNÆS, EINAR HARALD, buried 12.4.1941, age 17
MIDBØE, MATHIAS, buried 4.4.1942, age 42
MOEN, HANS, buried 9.9.1940, age 29
NILSEN, AUGUST, buried 26.5.1942, age 22
THORSEN, TORALF, buried 4.11.1940, age 42
TJØM, THOMAS, buried 21.1.1941, age 21
HILLCREST CEMETERY, LUNENBURG
ASKELAND, ODDMUND, buried 8.12.1940, age 32
MIKKELSEN, RUDOLF, buried 4.7.1941, age 51
NILSEN, TORLEIF INGERMANN, buried 3.1.1941, age 20
SKIFJELD, HERMAN, buried 13.1.1941, age 35
A bronze plaque attached to the back of the monument is inscribed:
CAMP NORWAY FOUNDATION
THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED
BY
HIS EXCELLENCY JOHAN L. LØVALD
NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR
TO CANADA
JOSTEIN KJELSRUD
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1998