Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum (9 April 1898 – 9 February 1945) was a Norwegian jurist and resistance member. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Albert Gjerdrum and Olivia Kloumann. He was a grandson of

Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum (21 August 1821 – 3 August 1902) was a Norwegian jurist, businessperson and royal chamberlain. He was a son of Ole Gjerdrum and Mette Alette Christine Krohn. He was the brother of Jørgen and Otto Gjerdrum. He was the ...

, grandnephew of Jørgen Gjerdrum and Otto Gjerdrum and great-grandson of

Ole Gjerdrum Ole Eliassøn Gjerdrum (22 April 1785 – 29 January 1858) was a Norwegian jurist, civil servant and businessperson. Career He was born in Stange. He was a clerk for the district stipendiary magistrate until 1811. He then worked in Copenhagen and ...

. In 1926 in Lillehammer he married Aase Filseth, of Danish descent, a sister of Tyge and

Kaare Filseth Kaare Krabbe Filseth (24 April 1901 – 19 September 1944) was a Norwegian newspaper editor who was killed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. Biography He was born in Lillehammer. His father Johan Filseth (1862–1927) hailed fro ...

. By occupation Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum was a barrister, a lawyer with access to

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

cases, like his father. The law firm was named ''A. Gjerdrum og C. F. Gjerdrum'', and had its offices in the Oslo's main street

Karl Johans gate Karl Johans gate is the main street of the city of Oslo, Norway. The street was named in honor of King Charles III John, who was also King of Sweden as Charles XIV John. Karl Johans gate is a composite of several older streets that used to be s ...

. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was involved in a broad spectrum of work for the Norwegian resistance movement. He supplied resistance members with faux passports and helped them cross the border to

neutral Sweden Swedish neutrality refers to Sweden's former policy of neutrality in armed conflicts, which was in effect from the early 19th century to 2009, when Sweden entered into various mutual defence treaties with the European Union (EU), and other Nordic ...

, he was involved in intelligence gathering, in the illegal press and with unveiling Norwegian denouncers. When the Nazi police leader

Karl Marthinsen Karl Alfred Nicolai Marthinsen (sometimes spelled Karl ''Martinsen'') (25 October 1896 – 8 February 1945) was the Norway, Norwegian commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, ...

was assassinated by the Norwegian resistance on 8 February 1945, Gjerdrum was arrested together with thirty-three others, including

Kaare Sundby Kaare Sundby (1 January 1905 – 9 February 1945) was a Norwegian engineer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was born in Modum as the son of veterinarian Theodor Sundby and his wife Gullaug, née Bjertnes. Su ...

Haakon Sæthre Haakon may refer to: Given names * Haakon (given name) * Håkon, modern Norwegian spelling of the name * Håkan, Swedish spelling of the name * Hakon, Danish spelling of the name People Norwegian royalty * Haakon I of Norway (c. 920–961), ...

and

Jon Vislie Jon Asbjørn Vislie (8 October 1896 – 9 February 1945) was a Norwegian lawyer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was born in Kristiania as the son of educationalist and writer Vetle Vislie and his Scanian w ...

, as a

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. At Akershus Fortress Gjerdrum was executed by gunshot on 9 February.

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1898 births 1945 deaths Lawyers from Oslo Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Norwegian civilians killed in World War II People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad Norwegian people executed by Nazi Germany {{Norway-law-bio-stub