The Kings Bay case turned Norwegian post-war history upside down: The mining accident in Svalbard in 1962, in which 21 people died, led to two changes of government, marked the end of the Labor Party state and the Gerhardsen era, and ushered in the media age in Norwegian politics. Now, for the first time, the full and complete story of this dramatic showdown is told with several new and startling pieces of information. At the same time, a reality that Norway forgot is depicted: For a small mining community in the north, the accident was not about the political power struggle. They lost 21 of their closest relatives – but also the entire life they had painstakingly built together in Svalbard. For them, life was never the same again.
With the crime novels Hollendergraven, Kullunge, Operason Fritham and Den døde i Barentsburg, Monica Kristensen has distinguished herself as an outstanding storyteller with a very special insight into Svalbard society. With The Kings Bay Case, she demonstrates the same strengths in documentary material, with a result that is as exciting and as explosive as a thriller.
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