Lake Bodom
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Lake Bodom Bodominjärvi Bodom träsk | |
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![]() Lake Bodom in April 2004 | |
![]() ![]() Lake Bodom Bodominjärvi Bodom träsk | |
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Location | Espoo, Finland |
Coordinates | 60°15′23″N 24°40′00″E / 60.25639°N 24.66667°ECoordinates: 60°15′23″N 24°40′00″E / 60.25639°N 24.66667°E |
Basin countries | Finland |
Max. length | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
Max. width | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
Surface area | 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
Lake Bodom (Finnish: Bodominjärvi; Swedish: Bodom träsk) is a Finnish lake located in the city of Espoo, not far from Helsinki. The lake measures approximately three kilometres in length and one kilometre in width. It is surrounded by five districts in Espoo: in the west, Röylä in the north, in the northeast, in the southeast, and in the southwest.
The lake is notorious for being the scene of a triple homicide that occurred in the early morning hours of 5 June 1960, when four teenagers (two boys, Nils Gustafsson and Seppo Boisman and two girls, Tuulikki Mäki and Irmeli Björklund) went on a camping trip to the lake and were mysteriously attacked while sleeping in their tent.[1] Three were killed and one survived. In June 2005, the only survivor, Gustafsson, was charged with murdering his friends. On 7 October 2005, the district court found him not guilty of all charges against him.
The Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, who are also from Espoo, derive their name from the lake.[2]
References[]
- ^ Palo, Jorma. Bodomin arvoitus. Helsinki: WSOY, 2003. – p.8. – ISBN 978-951-0-27893-2.
- ^ "Band Name Origin Wednesday: Children of Bodom". metalriot.com. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Lake Bodom at Wikimedia Commons
- Landforms of Uusimaa
- Lakes of Espoo