Albert Henrik Mohn (25 November 1918 – 9 May 1999) was a Norwegian

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and correspondent. He was born in

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as a son of ship-owner and captain Sigurd Mohn (1885–1959) and Margrete Oettinger (1893–1985). He was a brother of

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and a grandnephew of Jakob,

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and

Emanuel Mohn Emanuel Meyer Mohn (15 February 1842 – 26 April 1891) was a Norwegian educator, mountain climber and illustrator. He was known for writing about and illustrating mountains in Norway. Biography He was born in Bergen to Albert Henrik Moh ...

. He finished middle school in 1933 and commerce school in 1934. During

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he spent some years in exile in the United Kingdom. He worked with

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and held the military rank of

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, having been twice rejected as a fighting soldier (once during the Norwegian Campaign in 1940) due to his health. He also worked for the newspaper ''Norsk Tidend'' and for

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. He married British citizen Stella Comber in 1943. After the war he was hired by

Toralv Øksnevad Toralv Øksnevad (13 January 1891 – 31 July 1975) was a Norwegian politician, journalist, newspaper editor and radio personality. He was known as the "voice from London" during World War II, when listening to foreign radio in Norway wa ...

as a

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foreign correspondent. After Øksnevad left, Mohn eventually left as well, and began writing for newspapers, including ''

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''. He was also a foreign affairs editor for ''

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''. Notable documentary books include ''China i smeltedigelen'' (1950), ''Rød taifun over Korea'' (1951), ''Nassers nære Orient'' (1957), ''Nærbilde av Amerika'' (1964), ''Vietnam'' (1965), ''Tidsbomben Midt-Østen'' (1971), ''Tragedien Nord-Irland'' (1972) and ''Afghanistan kjemper'' (1981). He published

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in 1988 and 1990. He also published a poetry collection in 1946 and four

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s. He died in May 1999 from

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Haukeland University Hospital Haukeland University Hospital ( no, Haukeland universitetssjukehus) is a hospital in Bergen, Norway, and one of the eleven institutions that make up Bergen Hospital Trust. Haukeland is the largest in Norway in terms of number of patients, and serv ...

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