Gunvald Strøm-Walseng (12 December 1889 – 1951) was a Norwegian barrister. He was born in Sande i Vestfold. After his

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he attended the

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for some time, reaching the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery in 1912. He commenced law studies and graduated with the

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degree in 1916. After two years as a deputy judge in Lier, Røyken and Hurum District Court he received a lawyer's licence in 1918. He joined the law firm of barrister Harald Wellén, and worked there from 1918 to 1925 before starting his own firm. He was the official town attorney of his new hometown

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...

from 1937, and was a prominent citizen there. He was also a district branch leader in the

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. He was a barrister with access to working with

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cases, and he led several cases which attracted national attention. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany 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 was a member of the main Norwegian resistance group

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 ...

. He was arrested in October 1944 in Drammen, and initially held in cramp conditions with several other prisoners in a cell in the local exchange building ''Børsen''. He was later imprisoned in

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from 19 December 1944 to the

liberation 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 died in January 1951, 61 years old.

References

1889 births 1951 deaths People from Vestfold People from Drammen Norwegian Military Academy alumni University of Oslo alumni Norwegian Army personnel 20th-century Norwegian lawyers Norwegian resistance members Grini concentration camp survivors {{norway-law-bio-stub