Lake Bodom
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| Lake Bodom Bodominjärvi Bodom träsk |
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| Location | Espoo |
| Coordinates | 60°15′23″N 24°40′00″E / 60.25639°N 24.666667°ECoordinates: 60°15′23″N 24°40′00″E / 60.25639°N 24.666667°E |
| Basin countries | Finland |
| Max. length | 3 km |
| Max. width | 1 km |
| Surface area | 3 km |
Lake Bodom (Finnish: Bodominjärvi, Swedish: Bodom träsk) is a lake in Finland located on the suburbs of the city of Espoo, not far from Helsinki. The lake measures approximately three kilometers in length and one kilometer in width.
The lake is notorious for murders that occurred in the early morning hours of June 6, 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 of them were killed and one survived. This event is commonly referred to as the Lake Bodom murders. In June 2005, the only survivor, Nils Gustafsson, was charged with murdering his friends. On October 7, 2005 the district court found him not guilty on all the charges laid against him.
The Finnish metal band Children of Bodom, who are also from Espoo, derive their name from the lake. All the band members looked for good names in their local phone book. When they stumbled upon Lake Bodom, they felt that it was a name with impact and one behind which was a story that they found interesting.
[edit] References
- ^ Palo, Jorma. Bodomin arvoitus. Helsinki: WSOY, 2003. - p.8. - ISBN 9789510278932.
[edit] External links
Media related to Lake Bodom at Wikimedia Commons
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