The xenophobia expressed by some persons in the village of Skrolsvik on Senjafelt when the asylum center was established was turned to a concern for the welfare or the residents of Senjehesten reception center.
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During a public meeting at Skrolsvik in Senja he held an appeal in Norwegian on the unacceptable conditions at the reception center.
From the age of 5 to 16 Vikestad played in boy's football teams at her home in Senja.
Senja Rutebil AS is a bus company based on the island of Senja and in Finnsnes, Norway.
On 4 May 1945 U-711 was damaged in Operation Judgement, an attack by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy at Kilbotn aimed at the depot ships Black Watch and Senja, and sank after attempts by Lange and seven other crew members to keep it afloat.
In 1946 he was an acting judge in Oslo District Court for a few months, before being appointed district stipendiary magistrate in Senja in September.