Gregers Gram

Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram

Gram did not pass his examen artium at the first try,^[2] but later enrolled at the University of Oslo to study law.

Second World War

When German troops invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, Gregers Gram became active in the resistance movement. After serving as a soldier in the early battles following the German invasion, he soon became involved in propaganda activity and the illegal press, he had to flee from Norway in 1941.^[1]

After arriving in Great Britain, he was recruited by the Special Operations Executive and received military training with Norwegian Independent Company 1.^[4]

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In October 1943, Gram (along with Manus, Einar Juvén and C.F. Wiborg) returned to Norway to perform a second operation, known as Bundle, targeting German ships.[1] Other sabotage missions followed, coordinated within Oslogjengen, Milorg's sabotage group in Oslo led by Gunnar Sønsteby.^[7] Parallel to his saboteur activity, Gram continued his involvement with propaganda, including the black propaganda Operation Derby directed towards German soldiers.^[1] In particular he was involved in an attack organised by Sønsteby which destroyed German records about the Norwegian workforce, and his attack on an oil storage depot.^[5]

Gram was killed on 13 November 1944 in an ambush in a café at Grünerløkka in Oslo.^[1] Together with fellow resistance member Edvard Tallaksen, Gram went to a meeting with fake Nazi deserters.^[1] Shooting ensued, and Gram was killed at the hands of Gestapo.^[2] His father Harald Gram, who was also involved in the resistance movement, survived the war.^[3]

Legacy

At the time of his death, the process of recommending Gram for the British

To commemorate Gram a bust was erected near Njårdhallen, in the Ullern borough of Oslo, in 1994.^[1] The road Gregers Grams vei in Oslo has been named after him.

In 2008 he was portrayed in the Norwegian film