Released
The Women at Själö
January 14 2008 (almost 17 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Mikaela Weurlander
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 57 m
- Country: Finland
- Company: YLE
"You who enter, leave all your hope behind." Själö was Finland's first mental hospital. The hospital opened in 1622. Intended for those suffering leprosy. But Själö hospital also had a secret ward. A house for the insane. The ungodly and mentally ill were deposited here forever and their property fell to the church. In 1889 Själö became a storage area for women with "unbearable insanity".
