Jøssingfjorden: The Fjord That Named Norway's Resistance

Jøssingfjorden is a narrow fjord between Flekkefjord and Sokndal that entered history on 16 February 1940, when the British destroyer HMS Cossack boarded the German tanker Altmark here and freed roughly 300 Allied prisoners of war. Norway was still neutral, and the incident infuriated both sides: the Norwegians for the violation of their waters, and Hitler, who used it as additional justification for the invasion of Norway less than two months later. During the occupation, patriotic Norwegians were called "jøssinger" after this fjord. The fjord itself is dramatic: steep walls rising from dark water, best seen from the road above.