Halfdan Gyth Dehli (15 June 1881 – August 1963) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

businessperson and aviator. He was a son of barrister

Ole Dehli Ole Dehli (8 May 1851 – 27 February 1924) was a Norwegian jurist and organizational leader. He was born on the Dehli farm in the parish of Ringsaker near Furnes in Hedmark, Norway. He was a son of farmers Hans Olsen Dehli (1816–1881) and ...

(1851–1924) and women's health pioneer Maria Dehli, née Gyth (1851–1926). His sister Bergljot was married to Colonel

Jacob Ager Laurantzon Jacob Ager Laurantzon (7 January 1878 – 17 September 1965) was a Norwegian military officer with the rank of Major General. He was born in Eidsberg to Thorbjørn Laurantzon and Catharine Berg. He married Bergljot Dehli, a daughter of barrist ...

, and through them he was an uncle of

Trygve Dehli Laurantzon Trygve Dehli Laurantzon (20 March 1902 – 21 May 1975) was a Norwegian agronomist and newspaper editor. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Major General Jacob Ager Laurantzon (1878–1965) and Bergljot Dehli (1878–1968). On the materna ...

. He is best known as the director of

Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk - ''The Navy's Flying Boat Factory'' - was the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service' aeroplane manufacturer. It was established in Horten in 1915 and produced 120 aircraft from then until it ceased to exist in 1940. Aircra ...

from 1916 to 1918, and had also performed the first flight with its first aircraft '' M.F.1'' in 1915. From 1918 to 1923 Gyth Dehli was a technical director in

Det Norske Luftfartsrederi Aktieselskapet Det Norske Luftfartsrederi or DNL was Norway's first scheduled airline, founded in 1918 and operated services between Bergen, Haugesund and Stavanger in 1920. It operated Supermarine Channel flying boats. It was also one of the s ...

. He later settled as a farmer in

Stange is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebye ...

, then

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...

. 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 imprisoned in

Grini concentration camp '', '' no, Grini fangeleir'', location=Bærum, Viken, Norway, location map=Viken#Norway, built by=Norway, original use=Constructed as a women's prison, operated by=Nazi Germany, notable inmates= List of Grini prisoners, liberated by=Harry Söderma ...

from 13 to 21 January 1942.

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1881 births 1963 deaths 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Businesspeople in aviation Norwegian aviators Norwegian farmers Grini concentration camp survivors {{Norway-mil-bio-stub