Odd Lindbäck-Larsen
Odd Lindbäck-Larsen | |
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Born | Norwegian Campaign :
| 21 April 1897
Awards | |
Spouse(s) |
Dagny Kaspara Lund (m. 1927) |
Relations | Inger Haugan née Lindbäck Larsen (daughter)
Tore Lindbekk (son) Kirsten Reinertsen née Lindbäck Larsen (daughter) |
Other work | War historian |
Odd Lindbäck-Larsen (21 April 1897 – 18 August 1975) was a Norwegian military officer and war historian. He participated in the
Early and personal life
Lindbäck-Larsen was born in Kristiania as the son of Ludvig Martinius Larsen and Fanny Olivia Lindbäck. He graduated from Oslo Cathedral School in 1915, from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1918,[1] and from the Norwegian Military College in 1921.[2] He was a candidate at the general staff (Norwegian: Generalstaben) from 1922 to 1926, and adjoint from 1929 to 1933. He resided in Finland for the purpose of studies in 1926, and in Germany in 1933. He married telegraph operator Dagny Kaspara Lund on 25 July 1927.[1] His son, Tore Lindbekk (born 1933), is a sociologist and politician.[3]
Career
Pre-war
Lindbäck-Larsen was a military attaché in Helsinki from 1934 to 1936. From 1936 he was the chief-of-staff of the 6th Division in Northern Norway.[4]
Second World War
Norwegian Campaign and aftermath
Lindbäck-Larsen participated in the
Imprisonment
Lindbäck-Larsen was arrested by the Germans in November 1940 and incarcerated for the rest of the war, first at
Post-war
After the war he continued his military career. From 1946 to 1952 he was in charge of Agder Infantry Regiment. From 1952 he held the rank of Major General and was the commander-in-chief of District Command North Norway. From 1958 to 1962 he was a military attaché in
He died in Oslo in August 1975.[1]
Selected works
- Skandinavias sikkerhet. Bidrag til problemets belysning. 1932.
- Militær psykologi. 1932.
- Den norske hær og 1814. 1945.
- 6. divisjon. 1946.
- Krigen i Norge 1940. 1965.
- Veien til katastrofen. 1973.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Norby, Reginald. "Odd Lindbäck-Larsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Barth, Bjarne Keyser, ed. (1930). "Lindbäck-Larsen, O.". Norges militære embedsmenn 1929 (in Norwegian). Oslo: A. M. Hanche. p. 364.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ISBN 82-02-14138-9.
- ISBN 82-05-20231-1.
- ^ Børre R. Giertsen, ed. (1946). "2768. Lindbäck-Larsen, Odd". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 103.