Lake Bodom

Lake Bodom (Finnish: Bodominjärvi; Swedish: Bodom träsk) is a lake in Finland located on the Oittaa district of the city of Espoo, not far from Helsinki. The lake measures approximately three kilometres in length and one kilometre in width.

This article is about the lake in Finland. For the infamous multiple homicide, see Lake Bodom murders. For the heavy metal band, see Children of Bodom. For the film, see Lake Bodom (film).

Lake Bodom
Bodominjärvi
Bodom träsk
Lake Bodom in April 2004
Lake Bodom
Bodominjärvi
Bodom träsk
LocationOittaa, Espoo
Coordinates60°15′23″N 24°40′00″E
Basin countriesFinland
Max. length3 km (1.9 mi)
Max. width1 km (0.62 mi)
Surface area3 km2 (1.2 sq mi)

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. All the band members looked for good names in their local phone book. When they stumbled upon Lake Bodom, they felt it was a name with impact and one behind which was a story they found interesting.

References
  1. Palo, Jorma. Bodomin arvoitus. Helsinki: WSOY, 2003. – p.8. – ISBN 978-951-0-27893-2.
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