Stein Nordby was admitted to Tromsø Coastal Hospital from 1951-60. Listen to his story.

The children at Tromsø Coast Hospital in the 1950s lay for a long time, and in plaster most of the time. NRK production (1998).

After a long period of discussion in the local community, Kulturhuset Kysten opened in 1994 on the premises of Tromsø Coastal Hospital.

"Free as a fly". Print by Hans Ragnar Mathisen, admitted to the Coastal Hospital 1949-1956.

Read the letters between Senior Consultant Sire. Stein Nordby's mother and the Social Security Fund in Svolvær.

The Coastal Hospital in Tromsø was established in 1923-24. It had 100 beds and was built for the treatment of glandular tuberculosis (scrofulosis) and joint and bone tuberculosis.