Einar Musæus Høigård (18 October 1907 – 25 November 1943) was a Norwegian educator and

civil resistance Civil resistance is political action that relies on the use of nonviolent resistance by ordinary people to challenge a particular power, force, policy or regime. Civil resistance operates through appeals to the adversary, pressure and coercion: i ...

member. He was born in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

, the son of Jonas Bernhard Høigård and Caroline Hansine Musæus. Among his works is a dissertation on

Henrik Anker Bjerregaard Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (1 January 1792 – 7 April 1842) was a Norwegian poet, dramatist and judge. Born in Ringsaker to Mads Bjerregard and Alet Ørtlien, he grew up in Vågå from the age of eight. He studied at the University of Copenhagen, ...

from 1934 and a monograph on the history of

Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",

from 1942. During the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

he played a central role in the teachers' resistance against Nazification of schools and youth organizations. He was arrested in 1943 during an escape attempt to

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, tortured by the

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and committed suicide during interrogation.

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1907 births 1943 suicides People from Stavanger Norwegian schoolteachers Oslo Cathedral School faculty Norwegian librarians Norwegian educationalists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Norwegian resistance members Bredtveit concentration camp prisoners Suicides by jumping in Norway People who committed suicide in prison custody Prisoners who died in German detention Norwegian people who died in prison custody {{Norway-academic-bio-stub