Sverre Arnljot Breste Kjeldstadli (14 February 1916 – 28 March 1961) was a
Norwegian historian.
During
World War II
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he was a courier for
Milorg
Milorg (abbreviation of militær organisasjon – military organization) was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Resistance work included intelligence gathering, sabotage, supply-missions, raids, espionage, transport of ...
. His
PhD
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thesis from 1959, "Hjemmestyrkene. Hovedtrekk av den militære motstanden under okkupasjonen" (), has been an inspiration for later works by other historians.
He was a son of trade unionist
Lars Kjeldstadli (1870–1934) and his wife Beate (born Lotsberg; 1880–1965). He was a son-in-law of
Daniel Grini, and together with Ellen Helvig Grini (1918–2001) he had the son, historian
Knut Kjeldstadli
Knut Kjeldstadli (born 6 June 1948 in Oslo) is a Norwegian historian. Kjeldstadli completed his examen artium at Oslo Cathedral School in 1967 before studying English and social economics at the University of Oslo, where he completed his master in ...
.
Sverre Kjeldstadli died on 28 March 1961 and was buried in the
borough
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History
...
of
Ullern
Ullern is a List of boroughs of Oslo, borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.
History
The borough has its name from an old farm, Old Norse language, Norse ''Ullarin''. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the Norse god Ullr. The l ...
,
Oslo
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.
References
1916 births
1961 deaths
Norwegian resistance members
20th-century Norwegian historians
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