Ragnar Ulstein

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Ragnar Ulstein
Birth nameRagnar Leif Ulstein
Born(1920-04-19)19 April 1920
St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch, twice
Military Medal
(United Kingdom)
Other workJournalism
Military historiography

Ragnar Leif Ulstein

Second World War, including surveys of the SOE group Norwegian Independent Company 1, volunteers sailing from Norway to Scotland, refugee traffic from Norway to Sweden, and military intelligence
in Norway.

Early life and World War II

Ulstein was born in

Defence Medal 1940 – 1945, and the Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal.[2]

Post-war life

After the war Ulstein participated in the

King Haakon and Milorg leader Jens Christian Hauge.[8][9] Ulstein worked as an editor for Filmavisen, and from 1954 as a journalist for various newspapers, including Bergens Tidende and Sunnmørsposten. He was later granted a government scholarship.[2]

He made his fiction debut in 1961 with the novel Harpegjengen.[10] He later wrote several documentary books on Norwegian resistance during World War II. The two-volume book Englandsfarten (Volume I, 1965 and Volume II, 1967) covered the traffic between Norway and United Kingdom during the early part of the war,[11][12] while Svensketrafikken (three volumes, 1974, 1975 and 1977) covered traffic of refugees from Norway to Sweden during the occupation.[10] He wrote a three volume book set on military intelligence in Norway between 1940 and 1945, Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940-45 (1989, 1990, 1992),[2] including activities from Special Intelligence Service agents covering German naval operations, as well as activities from XU and other organizations.[13][14][15] For his post-war work, Ulstein has been awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold.[2]

Ulstein was also involved in the

Liberal Party in Ålesund.[2] In 1972 he chaired the county chapter of Ja til EF.[16] He married Jenny Hermine Akselsen in 1951.[2]

In his later years Ulstein contributed to the website document.no, and stated in an interview for the 70-year anniversary of the war's end that freedom had become more limited and less open than after the liberation in 1945, and that freedom had come under a pressure "we could never dream about".[17]

Honours and awards

Selected works

  • Kompani Linge. 1948. (2 volumes; jointly with Erling Jensen and Per Ratvik)
  • Harpegjengen. 1961., novel
  • Parade. 1964., novel
  • Englandsfarten. 1965–67. (2 volumes)
  • Samarbeid om samferdsel: Møre og Romsdal fylkesbåtar 1920–1970. 1970.
  • Svensketrafikken. 1974–77. (3 volumes)
  • Småsamfunn i storkrig. Historia om Giske 1940–1945. 1980.
  • By og land i 100 år, Sunnmørsposten 1882–1982. 1984.
  • Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940–1945. 1989–92. (3 volumes)
  • Jødar på flukt. 1995.
  • Lagunen og stormen. Ulstein – bygd i Europa 1940–45. 1999.

References

  1. ^ "Krigshelten Ragnar Ulstein er død". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). NTB. 3 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Rødland, Kjartan. "Ragnar Ulstein". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Krigshistoria i Bremanger". Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Krigsåra 1940–1945 i Sogn og Fjordane". Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  5. ^ a b c "Ragnar Ulstein". Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Milorg-basen i Sogndalsdalen". Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Milorg i Frønningen". Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  8. ^ Erling Jensen; Per Ratvik; Ragnar Ulstein, eds. (1948). Kompani Linge (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Gyldendal.
  9. ^ Erling Jensen; Per Ratvik; Ragnar Ulstein, eds. (1948). Kompani Linge (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Gyldendal.
  10. ^
    Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  11. ^ Ulstein, Ragnar (1965). Englandsfarten. Alarm i Ålesund (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Det norske Samlaget.
  12. ^ Ulstein, Ragnar (1967). Englandsfarten. Søkelys mot Bergen (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Det norske Samlaget.
  13. ^ Ulstein, Ragnar (1989). Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940-45. Bind I: Amatørenes tid (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen.
  14. ^ Ulstein, Ragnar (1990). Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940-45. Bind II: Harde år (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen.
  15. ^ Ulstein, Ragnar (1992). Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940-45. Bind III: Nettet strammes (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen.
  16. ^ "SP-tillitsmenn i JA-aksjonen". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 3 May 1972.
  17. ^ "Du gamle, du frie". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). 8 May 2015.
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