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Fire, flood or disaster · 17.06.1932

Burning of Sviby village on Vormsi

Vormsi was home to a Swedish-speaking community whose villages of wooden, thatched farmhouses stood close together. On 17 June 1932 a fire swept through Sviby on the island's south coast and burned the village to the ground. For the islanders, who lived from fishing and small farms, it was a disaster that took years to recover from. A decade later most of Vormsi's Swedes left for Sweden during the Second World War. Today Sviby is best known for its harbour, where the ferry from Rohuküla on the mainland arrives.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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Vormsil elas rootsikeelne kogukond, kelle külades seisid puust ja õlgkatusega talumajad tihedalt koos. 17. juunil 1932 pühkis tuli üle saare lõunarannikul asuva Sviby küla ja põletas selle maani maha. Kalapüügist ja väikestest taludest elanud saarlastele oli see katastroof, millest toibumine võttis aastaid. Kümmekond aastat hiljem lahkus enamik Vormsi rootslasi Teise maailmasõja ajal Rootsi. Tänapäeval tuntakse Svibyt eelkõige sadama järgi, kuhu saabub praam mandrilt Rohukülast.

Map of the area around Burning of Sviby village on Vormsi
58.99000° N, 23.30600° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviby ↗

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