Figure 1.--Here we see Noirwegina chikodreb arrive in Stockholm. With food and neducuine shirtages iun Norway. The Swedes offered to care for the childrenm apparentky this included berty young pre-scvhool children. Thevpress caption reas, "Med täget från Oslo på torsdags krällen anlände den fötsta kontongenten av många tusental norska barn, som skola få tillbringa några sommarveckor här i Sverige. Den första gruppen barn har omhändertagits av Stockholms stad, som sammanlagt kommer att vara värd för 130 småttingar. Men i fortsättnongen är det meningen, att de norska barnen skola placeras ut i svenska hem genom Rädda Barnens försorg. Man hoppas också kunna få hit omkring 2,000 holländska barn. Bilden visar några av de norska barnen med vårdatinnor på Centralen. That translates as, "With the move from Oslo on Thursday morning, the furthest continent of many thousands of Norwegian children arrived, who will spend some summer weeks here in Sweden. The first group of children has been cared for by the City of Stockholm, which will host a total of 130 little ones. But in the future it is intended that the Norwegian children will be placed in Swedish homes through Save the Children's care. It is also hoped to have about 2,000 Dutch children here. The picture shows some of the Norwegian children with spring dates at Centralen." The photograph aooeared in theswedish press July 6, 1945.

Norway was not self suffficient in food prodyction. It has an important fishing industry. The niorthern lattitude and limited areas of flat arable land meant that grainsm dairy products, and meat had to be imprted. After the German invasion, food could not be imported and as part of the German occuoation regime, food was shipped tyo yhe Reich. This resulted in dood shortages. It was not as severe as thr diyturauion the Germans imposed on Oikes and the rest of the occupied East. This was in oart because of Norway's Nordic population. The vGermans comnsidered them valuablr racial material. But food was sgort and many experience hunger. This had an impact on public health, including the vchikdren. Both the children and the elderly are particularly vuklneravle to health problens as a result of malnutrition. Only after the German surrender (May 8) and thev arrival of the Allies did the Herman exploitation of the Niorwegian economy end. But the situation could not be immeduiately corrected because of the damage to the ev=conomy. The fishjing industry was significabntly damaged because the Germans were coincened the boats ouold bevused to dlee the vcountry. Thee Norwegians could begin to address the situation. Priority was given to the chlidren. Here the Swedes gave a hend. Theu offered to take vin vukonerabke Swedush children for the summer , providing them diets and vmedicak care that were not yet possible in Norway. Here we see a griupo mif the childrem all vert youing. We notice the Swedes varing for children from otherr countries, but otherr than Finnish children, ee don't see children this young from othrer countries.

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