Reidar Torp
Reidar Torp (7 July 1922 – 19 May 2017) was a Norwegian military officer.
Biography
Torp was born in Sarpsborg.[1] A son of politician Oscar Torp, he fled Norway on the cruiser HMS Devonshire on 7 June 1940, together with the royal family, the cabinet (to which Oscar Torp belonged) and other important personnel.[2] During the Second World War he was a soldier, undergoing training in London from 1942 to 1943 and at the Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst, from 1943 to 1944.[1]
Torp headed the intelligence staff of the
Major General. He was the director of the Norwegian National Defence College from 1979 to 1983 and of Norway's Resistance Museum from 1983.[1] In 1995 he was succeeded by Arnfinn Moland.[3] Torp died in 2017.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Reidar Torp 80 år 7. juli" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 14 June 2002.
- ^ Guhnfeldt, Cato (10 May 2006). "Lær om krigen! I dag kan du møte krigsveteranene". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 12.
- ^ "Arnfinn Moland 50 år 25. august" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 August 2001.
- ^ Moland, Arnfinn; Ivar Dyb Kraglund; Frode Færøy (26 May 2017). "Reidar Torp". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 32.
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