Despite the fact that in 2021, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, a joint Russian-Norwegian "March of memory" did not take place, both in Russia and in Norway people honored the memory of Soviet and Norwegian soldiers by laying flowers at monuments and places of burial.
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The ceremony in Norway on October 24 was attended by historians Steinar Borch Jensen and Arnt Bjarne Aronsen, Head of the Norwegian Pomor Academy Remi Strand.
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October 24 is the Day of the liberation of Finnmark. Finnmark had been liberated from the Nazi occupation by the Red Army in October 1944, more than six months before the rest of Norway was liberated. A number of partisans from Eastern Finnmark and Kiberg fought against the German invaders throughout the war, even after the king and the government left Norway. The partisans worked as submarine pilots, some of them had to stay in rock caves in Finnmark for a month at a time to pass on the information about German convoys and troop movements to Lavna (Murmansk region). This information was crucial for the fight against the fascists. Almost all families in Kiberg had or knew someone who participated in the partisan resistance. Many people from Easten Finnmark sacrificed their lives to help the partisans operating in the occupied territories.
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Remi Strand: "Norway will never forget the Norwegian and Soviet soldiers who died fighting for our freedom."