Halvor Sørum

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Halvor Enok Sørum (5 April 1897 – 1965) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Communist Party.

He was a painter by profession. He joined

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany which started in 1940.[1]

At the

Grini concentration camp before being sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp on 27 February 1944. He remained here until the end of World War II.[8] The communist inmates in the camp formed a caucus of sorts, and Sørum was among the leading members along with Kristian Mugaas, Johan Strand Johansen, Olaf Skramstad, Olaf Bjerke and Erling Heiestad.[9]

After the war, from 1946 to 1949, he was the deputy chairman of the Norwegian Union of Building Industry Workers.[1] In contrast to some wartime communist leaders, he remained in the party leadership.[10] He died in 1965.[1]

References

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    ISBN 82-530-1255-1
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  2. ISBN 82-10-02753-0
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  4. ^ Pryser, 1988: p. 274
  5. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original
    on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  6. ^ Pryser, 1988: p. 314
  7. ^ Pryser, 1988: p. 350
  8. ISBN 82-15-00288-9
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  9. ^ Pryser, 1988: p. 461
  10. ^ Pryser, 1988: p. 569
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