Arne Serck-Hanssen (28 February 1925 – 27 November 2014) was a Norwegian rower and physician. He was born in

Løkken Verk Løkken Verk (or simply ''Løkken'') is a village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located south of the village of Svorkmo, east of the village of Bjørnli, and north of the municipal center of Meldal (village), Meld ...

, a son of mining executive

Klaus Serck-Hanssen Klaus Serck-Hanssen (5 April 1886 – 28 August 1980) was a Norwegian engineer and mining executive. Personal life Serck-Hanssen was born in Bergen, a son of physician and politician Klaus Hanssen and Dorothea Marstrand Serck. He married Gunvor ...

and Gunvor Quenild, and grandson of physician and politician Klaus Hanssen. He represented the Oslo sports club

Christiania RK Christiania Roklub is a rowing (sport), rowing club from Oslo, Norway. Established in 1878, it is based in Frognerkilen in the Oslofjord, not far from Skarpsno. Its characteristic club house is called "Kongen" ('The King'), and was erected in ...

. He participated in the

coxed four A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one ...

event (as

stroke Stroke is a medical condition in which poor cerebral circulation, blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: brain ischemia, ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and intracranial hemorrhage, hemor ...

) at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

. During the winter he participated in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

Serck-Hanssen was a part of the

Norwegian resistance movement The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Motstandsbevegelsen'') to the German occupation of Norway, occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: *As ...

. He was arrested by the Nazi authorities in April 1942, imprisoned in

Bredtveit concentration camp Bredtveit Prison (formally Bredtveit Prison Service, Custody and Supervision Unit, ) is a prison located in the neighborhood of Bredtvet in Oslo, Norway. During World War II it was a concentration camp. Pre-World War II It originated at Bredtv ...

until June, then in

Grini concentration camp Grini prison camp (, ) was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here. History Grini was originally built as a women's prison, near an old croft ...

. He was sent to

Sachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners t ...

in September 1943, and held there until the camp was liberated. Serck-Hanssen took his medical education at

Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...

. He died in 2014.

References

1925 births 2014 deaths Rowers from Oslo Norwegian male rowers Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Norway Norwegian resistance members Bredtveit concentration camp survivors Grini concentration camp survivors Sachsenhausen concentration camp survivors Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Alumni of King's College, Newcastle 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-rowing-bio-stub