Erling Ree-Pedersen (6 April 1922 – 5 August 2016) was a Norwegian

civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

. 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 ...

, but moved to

Moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

during the Second World War. He became involved in the illegal newspaper ''Norges Demring'' and joined

Milorg Milorg (abbreviation of militær organisasjon – military organization) was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Resistance work included intelligence gathering, sabotage, supply-missions, raids, espionage, transport of ...

. In 1999 he co-edited the book ''Motstandskamp og dagligliv i Mossedistriktet under krigen'', a local World War II history.Obituaries and death announcement, '' Moss Avis'' 11 August 2016, pp. 22–23 After 1945, Ree-Pedersen worked as subeditor in '' Moss Avis'' and in private enterprise, among other things. From 1976 to 1982 he served as director of the Norwegian Tax Administration (Tax Director). He was also a board member of the

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1922 births 2016 deaths People from Stavanger People from Moss, Norway Norwegian resistance members Norwegian civil servants Directors of government agencies of Norway {{Norway-gov-bio-stub