Gunnar Haarstad
Gunnar Haarstad (12 November 1916 – 13 April 1992) was a Norwegian jurist and police officer, a resistance member during World War II, and later head of the Norwegian Police Surveillance Agency for fifteen years.
Early life and career
Haarstad was born in
Resistance work
During the
Post-war career
Haarstad participated as a police investigator during the legal purge in Norway after World War II. From 1948 he became second-in-command under leader Asbjørn Bryhn at the Norwegian Police Surveillance Agency (Norwegian: Politiets Overvåkningstjeneste, POT). From 1958 to 1967 he was Chief of Police of Sør-Varanger. When Bryhn had to leave POT in 1967, Haarstad returned to the Police Surveillance Agency, as the next leader, and led the service until he retired in 1982.[1][6] After his retirement he published the book I hemmelig tjeneste. Etterretning og overvåkning i krig og fred in 1988. He died in Bærum in 1992.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Eriksen, Knut Einar. "Gunnar Haarstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ ISBN 82-03-22393-1.
- ISBN 82-03-15751-3.
- ^ Haarstad 1988: pp. 30-31
- ^ Børre R. Giertsen, ed. (1946). "17702. Haarstad, Gunnar". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 619.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 February 2010.