Einar B. Friele (26 October 1901 – 19 February 1944) was a Norwegian businessperson and resistance member. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

as a son of Berent Friele (1862–1902) and Dagny Stockfleth Høegh Beyer (1869–1963). He was a brother of Berent Johan Beyer Friele, grandson of

Herman Friele Herman Friele (born 21 August 1943) is a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party. He has been chairman of the coffee manufacturer Friele since 1981, as the seventh generation Friele in charge of the company. He was the ...

and Fredrik Beyer, and first cousin of Harald Beyer. He was married twice, and had two children from his first marriage. His family's company Berent Friele & Sønner was a mainstay in Bergen commerce, founded in 1799. After attending commerce school and undergoing managerial training in the US, France and Germany, Einar Friele joined the family company in 1925. He worked as a junior executive before the Second World War. He also chaired the wholesalers' association ''Kolonialgrossisternes forening'' in Bergen and was a national board member of Norges Colonialgrossisters Forbund. In 1940, following the German invasion of Norway, Friele participated in the subsequent fighting to repel the invaders. This was unsuccessful and the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany was established; Friele joined an illegal intelligence gathering organization in the autumn of 1940. In August 1942 he was discovered and arrested. He was incarcerated in Grini concentration camp until September 1943, when he was shipped to the '' Nacht und Nebel'' system in Germany. He died in February 1944 in

Natzweiler Natzwiller () is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France. History Built in spring 1941 on the territory of the commune, Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp opened fo ...

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