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Research Article

Exploiting the “white coal” of the Pasvik River. Negotiating corporate and national interests in the border region during the German occupation of Norway

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Received 21 May 2023, Accepted 09 Apr 2024, Published online: 30 Apr 2024

References

  • Archival sources
  • National Archives of Norway, Oslo (RA):Archive of the Vassdragsavdeling/Norges vassdrags- og elektrisitetsvesen (Directorate for Waterand Energy) under the Norwegian Ministry of Labour:
  • RA/S-5946/D/Dc/L0098a
  • RA/S-5946/D/Dc/L0099
  • RA/S-6242/F/Fa/L0530 – L0538
  • Grenselandmuseet, Kirkenes
  • Archive of AS Sydvaranger [Sydvarangerarkivet]:
  • No. 10: Krig og gjenreising, boks 2–235
  • National Archives of Finland, Helsinki (KA): Koskitoimikunnan arkisto (Valtion vesivoimatoimikunnan ja vesistöjen säännöstelytoimiston arkisto/The Archives of the State Hydro Power Commission and Water Regulatory Office)
  • TVH files: Tie- ja vesirakennushallituksen vesivoimaosaston arkisto/Vesilaitoksiin liittyvä kirjeistö 1928‒1961
  • VVT files: Valtion vesivoimatoimikunta ja vesistöjen säännöstelytoiminta/Vesivoimaselvitykset 1920‒1951/Petsamon voimakysymys

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