# Finnsbu

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| subdivision_name1       = [Greenland](/source/Greenland)
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| subdivision_name2       =  [Sermersooq](/source/Sermersooq)
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thumb|Territories of Eastern Greenland claimed by Norway until the 1933 Permanent Court of International Justice resolution.
'''Finnsbu''' was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [hunting](/source/hunting), [meteorological](/source/meteorological) and [radio](/source/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](/source/King_Frederick_VI_Coast), Southeastern [Greenland](/source/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](/source/Sermersooq) municipality.

The station was located on the shore of [Graah Fjord](/source/Graah_Fjord), in the much indented coast of southern [Thorland](/source/Thorland).<ref>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 102</ref> Finnsbu was part of a sovereignty claims staked by [Norway](/source/Norway) in Southeast Greenland between 60°30'N —just north of [Nanuuseq](/source/Nanuuseq), and 63°40'N —just south of [Odinland](/source/Odinland).<ref name="SA"/>

==History==
{{See also|Adolf Hoel}}
In 1931 [Norway](/source/Norway) sent two expeditions to establish hunting, meteorological and [radio station](/source/radio_station)s in Southeast Greenland. [Finn Devold](/source/Finn_Devold) (1902 - 1977), [Hallvard Devold](/source/Hallvard_Devold)'s brother, on ship ''Heimen'' from [Tromsø](/source/Troms%C3%B8), led the bigger party of six hunters to establish a Norwegian station. Initially Devold went to [Timmiarmiut Fjord](/source/Timmiarmiut_Fjord), but then he moved north to [Skjoldungen](/source/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](/source/Ole_Mortensen), went initially to [Storfjord](/source/Storfjord_Station) ([Kangerlussuaq Fjord](/source/Kangerlussuaq_Fjord%2C_East_Greenland)) on ship ''Signalhorn'' and built a hut there. Since hunting there was poor, Mortensen moved with his men south to [Lindenow Fjord](/source/Lindenow_Fjord), where a station named Moreton was built which was later moved by [Gunnar Horn](/source/Gunnar_Horn) to neighboring [Nanuuseq Fjord](/source/Nanuuseq_Fjord) and renamed [Torgilsbu](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Decennial_Air_Cruise) squadron of Italian seaplanes led by [Italo Balbo](/source/Italo_Balbo).<ref name="Gunnar"/>
 
Following the 1933 resolution of the [Permanent Court of International Justice](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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]

Category:Ruins in Greenland
Category:1931 establishments in Norway
Category:1933 disestablishments in Norway
Category:History of Greenland
Category:Meteorological stations

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