Grini fangeleir is the name of a Nazi concentration camp located outside of Oslo, Norway in the municipality of Bærum. It was originally built as a women's prison in 1939, but was put into use as a concentration camp, primarily for Norwegian political prisoners on May 2, 1941. The prisoner inducted on that day was Andreas Møll Hansen, a student in the Norwegian underground. The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... A concentration camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, enemy aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... View of most of Bærum from Holmenkollen in Oslo County Akershus District Viken Municipality NO-0209 Administrative centre Sandvika Mayor (2005) Odd Reinsfelt (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 334 192 km² 189 km² 0. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A political prisoner is anyone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, because their ideas or image either challenge or pose a real or potential threat to the state. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

Altogether, 20 000 prisoners passed through Grini, and at most there were 5 000 inmates at any time. It is not known how many were killed there, though the Gestapo and police often used the area for purposes of torture. Executions commonly took place at Akershus festning. The Deaths Head emblem similar to Skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The (help· info) (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei; secret state police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Torture is any act by which severe pain, whether physical or psychological, is intentionally inflicted on a person as a means of intimidation, a deterrent, revenge, a punishment, or as a method for the extraction of information or confessions (i. ... Akershus Castle Akershus Fortress (Norwegian: Akershus Festning) is the old castle built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. ...

After the war, the prison was used for Norwegians convicted of treason and renamed Ilebu. It was closed in 1950, and reopened in 1952 as Ila landsfengsel og sikringsanstalt for long-term prisoners. In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation or state. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Famous inmates included:

• Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian Prime Minister for most of the period 1945 - 1965
• Johan Borgen, author
• Birger Ruud, ski jumper
• Petter Hugsted, ski jumper