Narrative Non-fiction · Hardback

The dark secret in Tysfjord

Norwegian title: Den mørke hemmeligheten i Tysfjord

Anne-Britt Harsem

In 2016 eleven women and men in Tysfjord stood forth in media to tell about sexual violations. The police investigation revealed a total of one hundred and fifteen cases of sexual violations, most of them with connections to the lule sami environment in Tysfjord. This is the story of how a community could fail in such a way, told by the victims. It is a story of the responsibilites adults have for children, and the old conflict between the big community and smaller, closed environments.