Editing Berlevåg Municipality (section)

===World War II===
Berlevåg, along with the rest of [[Finnmark]], was occupied during [[World War II]]. [[Berlevåg Airport]] was originally put into use at this time, when [[Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany|German occupying forces]] constructed it with the help of hundreds of [[Russia]]n [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]]. From 1943 to 1944, there were nearly daily [[Strategic bombing|bombing raids]] from Russia on Berlevåg and the German airfield.

In November 1944, the village was completely burned down and the inhabitants evacuated by force as part of the [[scorched earth]] strategy of the [[Nazi Germany|Germans]]. In the aftermath, the Norwegian government wanted to relocate the inhabitants to nearby Kongsfjord because of a better harbour, but they refused, and the village was rebuilt. As there are absolutely no trees in Berlevåg, many of the houses in Berlevåg were built by the help of the wooden planks in the "[[Airport apron|tarmac]]" and runway of the previous German airfield.