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Memory of the Sea

The Arctic Ocean, Pechenga, and the Cultural Memory of World War II in Katja Kettu’s The Midwife

Elina Arminen
Scandinavian Studies, April 2024, 96 (2) 28-48; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/scs.96.2.28
Elina Arminen
Elina Arminen is a Senior Researcher of Literature at the University of Eastern Finland.
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