[HPforGrownups] Re: Durmstrang's location

[Catherine Keegan]

No: HPFGUIDX 31984

At 04:53 PM 12/20/01 +0000, Christian Stubø wrote:
>The issue of the location of Durmstrang has been discussed often here
>at HPFGU - myself I posted my first significant post on the subject
>on November 22nd 2000 (under a different screenname).  I do not have
>time for a lengthy essay on the issue now, but will give the short
>version and some links.  The short version is that all the evidence
>goven in GoF points towards Durmstrang being located in Northern
>continental Europe, with locations most likely either in Norway,
>Sweden or on the Kola peninsula in Russia.
>
>Also JKR herself, at a bookreading in Glasgow (December 2000 - see
><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/6494),>http://groups.y 
>ahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/6494), stated
>that she thought Durmstrang was in the very North of Scandinavia, in
>Sweden or Norway, but she couldn't be certain - after all, JKR said,
>the exact whereabouts of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons are closely
>guarded secrets to which she is not privy.

About six hours after I had sent out my post on the location, I was looking 
through the wonderful Lexicon for something else and found a splendid essay 
on possible geographic locations of both Durmstrang and Beauxbatons.  Does 
Steve have an answer for almost everything or what?

Since mom comes from an area of Sweden very close to Lappland and I've seen 
the snow there, that would be just as good of a location as anywhere else.

Sorry to rehash topics.  I keep forgetting to search messages in my few 
attempts at posting here.  I'll just go back to lurking.

Catherine in California



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