Erling Rønneberg (9 September 1923 – 8 July 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Biography

He was born at

Ålesund Ålesund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, Ålesund, Asp� ...

as the second son of Alf Rønneberg (1894–1969) and Anna Sandberg (1894–1987).Family genealogy
(vestraat.net) He was a grandnephew of Anton Johan Rønneberg. His brother

Joachim Rønneberg Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (30 August 1919 – 21 October 2018) was a Norwegian Army officer and broadcaster. He was known for his resistance work during World War II, most notably commanding Operation Gunnerside, and his post-war war informat ...

(1919–2018) was a well-known resistance member. During the

German occupation of Norway 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 ...

(1940–1945) Erling Rønneberg was a member 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 an agent with British

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training. He went to Great Britain and was trained as a radio telegraphist in the Secret Intelligence Service. In 1944 he established the SIS radio station Haga on Torholmen north of Ålesund. In 1953 Erling Rønneberg moved to

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in Follo, Norway. He became chief administrative officer (''rådmann'') there in 1963, and was also mayor of Ski Municipality from 1958. He retired in 1990. In 1983 he published the memoirs ''Fra 9.april 1940 til 7.mai 1945''. In 1995 he contributed to the anthology ''Vi valgte det vi ikke kjente''.

References

1923 births 2008 deaths Norwegian resistance members Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Akershus People from Ski, Norway Erling Holmboe family Politicians from Ålesund {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub