Didrik Cappelen (8 October 1900 – 27 August 1970) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was born at

Kviteseid Kviteseid is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Vest-Telemark and Upper Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kviteseidbyen. Other villages in Kviteseid ...

in Telemark, Norway. He was a son of Supreme Court Attorney Didrik Cappelen (1873–1941) and Antoinette Therese von der Lippe (1876–1934). His brother was the jurist

Hans Cappelen Hans Cappelen (18 December 1903 – 21 October 1979) was a Norwegian jurist, businessperson and resistance fighter. He was born in Kviteseid, Telemark, Norway. He was a son of Supreme Court Attorney Didrik Cappelen (1873–1941) and Antoin ...

and his sister was the actress and singer Linge Langård. 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 ...

Cappelen worked together with his father,

Carl P. Wright Carl August Petersen Wright (7 September 1893 – 28 April 1961) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Porsgrunn. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder c ...

and Sverre Løberg in organizing resistance activities in the county of

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, Norway. Cappelen was arrested and in prison from 1940 to 1942 in Oslo, but escaped 30 January 1942. The escape was planned by his wife Gudrun née Knudsen (1910–1997), and assisted with great personal risk by Arne Qvenild, Kristian Aubert and Torolf Prytz junior.Haugen, Lambrecht: ''Cappelen-slekten 1627-2008'', Rosendal 2008, pages 107, 124-129 Cappelen was appointed at the

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from 1942, and then at the Norwegian Ministry of Justice in exile in London. He served as prosecutor in

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

from 1946-1956 and as county judge from 1956 to 1970. He was elected as suppleant to the

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several times, and replaced Sveinung O. Flaaten after his death in 1962.

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1900 births 1970 deaths People from Kviteseid Norwegian jurists Norwegian escapees Escapees from German detention Norwegian resistance members Didrik Deputy members of the Storting Members of the Storting 1961–1965 {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub