{{Infobox settlement |name = Finnsbu |other_name = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_shield = |shield_size = |pushpin_map = Greenland |pushpin_relief = yes |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Greenland |coordinates = {{coord|63|22|48|N|41|18|0|W|dim:30000_region:GL|display=inline, title}} | subdivision_type = State | subdivision_name = Denmark | subdivision_type1 = Constituent country | subdivision_name1 = Greenland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Sermersooq | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = |government_footnotes = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = Built /abandoned |established_date = 1931 - 1933 |population_as_of = 2019 |population_total = 0 |timezone = UTC-01 |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |website = }} thumb|Territories of Eastern Greenland claimed by Norway until the 1933 Permanent Court of International Justice resolution. '''Finnsbu''' was a Norwegian hunting, meteorological and radio station (Finnsbu Radio/LMX)<ref name="SH">'[http://www.jankrogh.com/kystradio/stasjonshistorie.htm Jan S. Krogh.''Nęrmere beskrivelse av kystradiostasjonene'']</ref> located on the King Frederick VI Coast, Southeastern Greenland.<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19193338|title=Finnsbu|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref>
Administratively the area were the hut stood belongs now to the Sermersooq municipality.
The station was located on the shore of Graah Fjord, in the much indented coast of southern Thorland.<ref>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 102</ref> Finnsbu was part of a sovereignty claims staked by Norway in Southeast Greenland between 60°30'N —just north of Nanuuseq, and 63°40'N —just south of Odinland.<ref name="SA"/>
==History== {{See also|Adolf Hoel}} In 1931 Norway sent two expeditions to establish hunting, meteorological and radio stations in Southeast Greenland. Finn Devold (1902 - 1977), Hallvard Devold's brother, on ship ''Heimen'' from Tromsø, led the bigger party of six hunters to establish a Norwegian station. Initially Devold went to Timmiarmiut Fjord, but then he moved north to Skjoldungen District and built the hut by a good harbor in southern Thorland, naming it ''Finnsbu'' after his own name. Devold's team built two other main stations, as well as a number of smaller huts in the same region.<ref name="Gunnar">[https://docplayer.me/40081894-Recent-norwegian-expeditions-to-south-east-greenland-gunnar-horn-norges-svalbard-og-ishavs-undersokelser-meddelelse-nr-p.html Recent Norwegian Expeditions to Southeast-Greenland, Gunnar Horn]</ref>
The other expedition, led by Ole Mortensen, went initially to Storfjord (Kangerlussuaq Fjord) on ship ''Signalhorn'' and built a hut there. Since hunting there was poor, Mortensen moved with his men south to Lindenow Fjord, where a station named Moreton was built which was later moved by Gunnar Horn to neighboring Nanuuseq Fjord and renamed Torgilsbu.<ref name="Camb">[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/norwegian-expedition-to-southeast-greenland-1932/0AB0733AA8E0DABDB735444D911AB5D6 Norwegian Expedition to South-East Greenland, 1932]</ref>
On 12 July 1932 Devold was required by the Norwegian government to formally hoist the Norwegian flag at Finnsbu. An expedition sent by the government led by Gunnar Horn on ship ''Veslemari'' visited Finnsbu on 17 August the same year.<ref name="Gunnar"/> Together with Torgilsbu further south, Finnsbu became part of the Norwegian contribution to the International Polar Year 1932–33.<ref>William James Mills, ''Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia'', p. 321</ref> In July 1933 Finnsbu station sent meteorological data to the Decennial Air Cruise squadron of Italian seaplanes led by Italo Balbo.<ref name="Gunnar"/> Following the 1933 resolution of the Permanent Court of International Justice rejecting Norway's claims in Greenland Finnsbu was abandoned.<ref name="SA">Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008, pp. 188-189</ref> Relief ship ''Signalhorn'' evacuated the staff of the stations in the Storfjord and Skjoldungen area and brought them back to Norway in August 1933.<ref name="Gunnar"/> Torgilsbu, however, remained in operation until 1940.<ref name="SA"/>
Currently there is a tide gauge in the location of the former Norwegian settlement.<ref name="TS">[https://www.tide-forecast.com/locations/Finnsbu-Greenland Finnsbu, Greenland Tide Station Location Guide]</ref>
==Bibliography== *Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland'', 2008
==See also== *Erik the Red's Land
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/norwegian-polar-year-and-radio-stations-in-east-greenland-193233/E4DFA87C49F9D464CFAE2B0F96453981 Norwegian Polar Year and Radio Stations in East Greenland, 1932–33] * [https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Torgilsbu-1933-34%3A-dagbok-f%C3%B8rt-av-radiostasjonens-Feyling/510664ac1d6d63dceff7f1f894485adbecccdc8e Anders Christian Feyling, ''Torgilsbu 1933-34: dagbok ført av radiostasjonens bestyrer''] * [http://www.schudak.de/timelines/greenland1721-1953.html The World at War - Greenland 1721 - 1953]
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