Theo Findahl (24 August 1891 – 19 May 1976) was a Norwegian teacher, journalist and foreign correspondent. Theodor Leonard Findahl was born in

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, Norway. He was awarded a philological degree at the

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(1917). He worked as teacher until 1939, and from then as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper ''

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''. He is particularly remembered for his reports from Germany on 5 and 7 April 1940, when he was a news correspondent in Berlin. These reports warned about the German attack on Norway, but the message was not taken seriously by the Norwegian Commanding Admiral. After the war, he was a foreign correspondent for ''Aftenposten'' in London, New York City and finally in Rome. Among his books are ''Kloster og arena. Streiftog i Spanien'' from 1926, ''Den gule keiservei. Inntrykk fra Japan'' from 1933, ''Undergang. Berlin 1939–1945'' from 1945, and ''Lange skygger. Dagbok fra krigens Berlin 1939–1945'' from 1964.

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1891 births 1976 deaths People from Tvedestrand University of Oslo alumni Norwegian newspaper reporters and correspondents Norwegian schoolteachers Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian people of World War II Norwegian spies 20th-century Norwegian memoirists {{norway-writer-stub