Asle Enger (15 August 1906 – 27 January 2000) was a Norwegian priest. He was born in

Ådal Ådal is a valley in the municipality of Ringerike and was a former municipality in Buskerud County, Norway. The municipality was created in 1857 by a split from Norderhov. At that time Ådal had a population of 2,382. On 1 January 1964 Ådal wa ...

. Enger volunteered as priest for Norwegian military officers in German prisoner-of-war camps during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, from 1943 to 1945. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1946. In 1950 he published the book ''Med feltprestens øyne''.

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1906 births 2000 deaths People from Ringerike (municipality) 20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Norwegian people of World War II Norwegian World War II memoirists 20th-century Norwegian writers {{norway-reli-bio-stub