february november norwegian resistance member officer lawyer sports official politician author anti immigration activist joined norwegian resistance movement nazi_germany invaded norway arrested sweden involvement norwegian resistance activity country sent united_kingdom joined received british military training deployed norway assigned establishing radio connection london led constituted leadership region activities included assist weapons smuggling prepare sinking german battleship plotting assassinate nazi collaborator founded durham organisation conducting psychological warfare end war took blowing railway tracks efforts second world war led norway highest decorated war heroes joined war served captain completed education law worked judge lawyer ultimately reached rank colonel military military lawyer branch years ceo project planned develop neighbourhood oslo career sports representing sports club cycling later worked sports official board member chairman national sports bodies member organisation joined party founded party deputy leader elected member parliament parliamentary election party parliamentary leader following death views proposals caused controversy got conflict new leadership party eventually headed expelled party finished term independent known criticising norwegian government policy africa defending governments countries south_africa 1980s worked defender anti immigration activists late 1980s involved anti immigration politics stood election party later involved organisations stop norway briefly active locally late 2000s early life born modern day oslo civil servant architect worked sea cabin boy went port africa asia finished secondary education active boy scouts invasion experience asked map compass volunteer military training program late scout leader leader went fight winter war war europe scout exercises increasingly scout movement arguably big early organisation norwegian resistance winter commenced training signaling night weekend invasion friend prepared war training sleeping tent snow forest seen unusual time second world war early activities april nazi_germany invaded occupied norway second world war aware german presence family saw german planes flying right home happening music played radio took bike school find closed chaotic state went city centre gate witnessed germans marching possibly day german plane crashed near friend way closer view captured airport briefly found situation attempting rescue germans trapped inside plane heat told germans run away safety moments plane exploded proclamation norwegian prime minister april rejected german claim appoint norwegian prime minister according received great disappointment friends thought contained remarks defence fighting war wanted join resistance way met man told rejected recruit training returned home days friend set came far north gave returned home started studying late got touch students wanted organise resistance movement time youth resistance disrupted public meeting held fascist party deliberately hands considered punished cheering speakers speak started leaving room blocked leaving arrested fined role event september participated clash students group members paramilitary organisation outside university young boy came initial stand asking happening responded members captured beat later outbreak foot mouth disease december took digging mass graves slaughtered cows late engineer created military group wanted bring allied forces decided travel travel stockholm joined decided let arrested sweden transported stockholm norwegian interested later tipped contact british military got contact major turn interested arrested swedish police stockholm march parts organisation exposed imprisoned stockholm police station days days government decided expelled banned entering sweden ban repealed war originally scheduled deported canada moscow china plans halted german invasion soviet_union instead sent norwegian refugee camp ordered british escape october travel norway captured close norwegian border sent plane swedish authorities december resistance arriving joined took british military education british decided deploy norway odd deployment necessary captured tortured december later escaped died set maintain establish radio connection london intelligence german battleship time located training lodge near ordered london supplied radio equipment travelled train plane stormy weather conditions initially set fishing boat late february unusually stormy weather driven times unsuccessful attempts reach attempt destroyed equipment boat open equipment replaced set march instead bigger boat easier poor weather voyage took days reached land noticed reached lighthouse farther north original destination decided landfall travelled fake identification trondheim reunited fellow members group sent london assisted transporting tons weapons island near trondheim received missions london stockholm constituted leadership practice entity started operations trondheim establishing radio connection london operating radio soon important persons leadership activity included prepare sinking plans realised ship left early commanded spontaneous assassination nazi collaborator spotting incidentally aborted noticing division russian fearing turn happen went assassination days later plotted assassinate delivered box trapped egg hand grenade home attempt advice norwegian agent present time received open boxes following attempted assassination ordered involved attempts considered risky took leader group october decided pull norway close radio station following news arrested left trondheim stockholm later month received training psychological warfare came stockholm january took leadership founded propaganda organisation durham came trondheim march durham kept completely separate mutual connection durham mission influence moral enemy mainly distributing estimated copies total posters estimated cause minor sabotage chiefly distributed enemy quarters posters trondheim members group tore nazi posters german vehicles threw bombs restaurants cinemas applied powder notably sale german soldiers sabotage bigger scale authorised london largely discouraged risk unnecessary german reported stockholm end june eager bring supplies trondheim soon decided transport propaganda material explosives norwegian border finding lost resistance member mountains joined course near stockholm worked instructor silent killing month went short mission trondheim july order insert new radio operator time trondheim gained knowledge activities capture went trondheim end october establish new radio station investigate rebuilt organisation severely damaged multiple arrests murders durham largely intact mission went new phase norwegian resistance started organising defence potential largely inevitable german withdrawal continuation earth policy practiced particularly feared lead defence organise train new recruits november authorised creation illegal newspaper initiative trondheim years operated paper form black propaganda distributed german soldiers officers increasingly frustrated damages caused gang nazi collaborators vocally advocated assassination reported stockholm november saw little remained noted importance durham considered grown powerful early took blowing railway tracks stretches station group limited supply explosives practical effects bombings cause effect wanted instance blowing railway bridge near sought main target transferred stockholm march durham dissolved reacted shock london decided dangerous return trondheim uneasy set headed mission men stockholm end month receive british sabotage supplies established base operations radio connection station mission returned stockholm early april transferred mission time german capitulation decorations comments promoted second lieutenant appointed member order british empire decorated vii anniversary medal medal oak branch defence medal war medal sword norway highest decorated war heroes played documentary film norwegian resistance movement trondheim critical retracted regional leadership home aware late according fellow resistance members heard existence sent wire london requesting remained remaining passive occupation step forward leaders war critical aware started entering administration london stockholm according necessary experience practical shocked arrived bases trondheim concluding obviously idea strong trondheim worked regional leadership stepped forward war according identical actual leadership war historians noted surprising stepped forward leader home german capitulation entered administration stockholm february contacted whatsoever decision putting march led increasingly critical leadership london gradually norwegian british subsequently decayed considered lack questioned norway military abilities possible future war norway based post war developments according influenced contemporaries join resistance national feeling speaking years war considered gone post war views war minute television special saw norwegian labour_party government war stood entirely soviet_union pointed soviet_union greatest murderer war considered opened eyes fact soviet_union country won territorial gains following war maintained coup headed bad illegal considered judged softer light situation time pointed government fleeing country considered reaction prime minister noted figures regime acted far harshly tried maintain norway interests alternative letting germans run country completely unopposed mind ended far worse said believed treason compared lack preparations war labour_party government complained unexplained reasons kept away public arrangements related second world war said invited single event possession large archive wartime material resistance movement said approached interest public institution professional career joined war held rank captain manager military lawyer colonel completed education law graduating degree worked judge southern opened law firm oslo access work supreme_court cases consultant secretary local branch board member local chapter eponymous company belonging resistance member served war met later wife time worked military stockholm remained lifetime close friends met war left lawyer firm work consultant den central figure plans develop neighbourhood oslo created soon granted construction rights project designated planning develop neighbourhood business office centre board member ceo soon got nickname king local 1930s house owner plans development dropped bank municipality saw interests realise plans removed position golden parachute nok lost faith project operated lawyer firm oslo moved office worked defender retired defender remained lawyer 1980s defended anti immigration activists including stated helped draft anonymous persons wanted designate fortunes ranging nok nok million persons organisations working immigration sports official active career sports represented club joined august honorary member club norwegian junior champion cycling active race walker sixth places norwegian championships achieved chaired member deputy board member official norway summer olympics sat committee organized road world championships initiated yearly trondheim oslo completed race times times starting number politics member parliament member school board oslo representing member organisation left considered party founded joined party deputy leader present founding meeting saga offered place party central leadership day incidentally met outside lawyer office central person party leading positions business sports years expressed political views newspapers journals broadly coincided views offering positions party particularly thought help develop party politically parliamentary election won seat member term set new record number times speaking assembly times year start parliamentary term proposals opposed entire parliament including party proposed november introduce gun shooting training optional course students high school separate church state financial implications proposals criticised press statement party mps turmoil later erupted chapters party calls proposals parliament wing left party clear minority nonetheless stood conflict sought strengthen party deliberately loose organisation death leader party parliamentary group broken formed earlier year welcomed party cooperation changed support work led strengthening party organisation cooperation early voiced discontent ongoing conflicts party mid year decided wanted run election eventually felt party wanted intriguing considered represent replaced parliamentary leader party start october turn recommended voters vote interview finally expelled party unanimously approved motion forward later month finished term independent positions parliament election advocated restrictive immigration policy interview elected parliament sole member oppose agreements raising fuel taxes proposed steep budget cuts notably press support minister proposed abolish laws year wanted abolish conscription criticised parliament violating norwegian constitution regularly holding session half representatives present prime minister turn claimed undermined democracy present spoke parliament signatories petition called norwegian government secure israel existence wanted terminate norwegian government support liberation movements year proposed end public foreign aid instead grant tax private donations proposed norwegian interests antarctica higher align norway ambassador thailand south vietnam advocated soviet spies exposed norway gained support government criticised norwegian foreign minister year claiming president norwegian taxes national socialist experiments forcibly moving populations africa travelled extensively africa toured week guinea later claimed blacks whites lived peacefully countries visited considered conditions grim standard living blacks higher places africa came regard life mission work africa believed norwegian government policy africa contributed destroy continent supporting wars liberation failed foreign aid maintained prime concern warn socialism communism africa travelled extensively south_africa said conditions blacks better african countries introduced south african official visiting norway visited country invited met figures including following death considered continuation legacy regards country supported south african policy 1970s gradually system included granting independence tribal country april conference prepare establishment later considered true democratic states governed rule law considered african states strongly opposed norwegian government support group believed agenda lead civil war government led revolutionary happened african countries later pointed development arranged study trips south_africa group toured country issued apology south african government norwegian government policy country went april sole norwegian observer general election invited admitted time years corresponded government considered institutions individuals norway particularly news media relationship initiated written letter sympathy prime minister years ahead salisbury met smith foreign minister der head military eager participate government army bush war authorised walls patrol garrison near days earlier written think democracy human rights optimal country considered better countries considered rule law better countries norwegian government supported financially later political activity wrote book office line order prevent making comeback successor despite alleged requests criticised strongly establishment labour_party government member supported prospects government led criticised norwegian political system caricature democracy instead considering according statement seen reason getting involved public debate immigration reaction followed comment student politician anti immigration sentiment based feelings foreign hate disputed contested parliamentary election chaired regional chapter expelled party vocal criticism leadership party leader ran unsuccessfully local election later active present meeting expressed outrage report revealed surveillance pot considering demanding apology came believe recent mass immigration norway greater threat nazi invasion norway clear normal immigration individuals finding countries stated concerned increasing ethnic tensions outnumbered norway course 21st century stated worried growth islam praised progress party mps election campaign rally participated non partisan demonstration muslim prayer calling involved joined ballot candidate municipal election called halt immigration instantly denounced party maintained norway nation white race television debate fellow lawyer politician said norwegian pakistani norwegian affirmed great respect expelled election removal ballot legally impossible election held win seats local party leadership expressed delight member stop norway participated demonstration alongside organisation leader news talks disturbed man fired gun refugee centre involved heritage distribution controversy millionaire declared nok million given anti immigration activists distribution decided board consisting people backed gave vote surfaced suggestions board members included mother child murder convict background involving anti immigration views pressing issue matter court ruling having followed case closely lawyer disputed court ruling believed evidence conclude possibly subsidiary role murder explained suggestion providing funds reopening case maintained convict committed murder addition wanted distribute money people circle group tore board opposed left wing anti racist organization petitioned norwegian state war decorations avail disputes resolved public actually received money personal life married november july divorced married second time born october met worked project worked interior architect children including son lived owned small farm property included equal parts garden forest land cut lumber forest build furniture times rabbits sheep cows fish pond brown trout property according kept livestock largely protest tax authorities hobby died november short illness left wife children grandchildren great grandchildren writings authored books wrote psychological warfare norwegian resistance movement durham released durham operations large extent consisted distributing posters purpose germans topic published wrote resistance group released book gives overview holders norway highest wartime decorations reasons given awarding norway highest decoration book public time published books travel diary discussing considered failed foreign aid travel diary israel israel tanker wrote alternative norwegian policies south_africa book books published board chairman chronicled trials addition released periodical
Erik Gjems-Onstad