Henry Gleditsch (1902 - 1942) (7754727682)

Henry Cochrane Williamsen Gleditsch (9 November 1902 – 6 October 1942) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He was born in

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. In his young days he participated in skiing for

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. He married Synnøve Tanvik in 1932. He made his acting debut in 1923, and in 1937 he established and took charge of

Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...

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. He had a satirical style, provoking the authorities of 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 ...

. People warned him and advised him to flee to Sweden, but he did not do so. Following skirmishes in

Majavatn Majavatn ( South Sámi: Maajehjaevrie) is a village in the municipality of Grane in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the lake Majavatnet, just west of the boundary of Børgefjell National Park. The village of Lei ...

and sabotages in

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and

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, conducted by the

Norwegian resistance movement The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: ''Motstandsbevegelsen'') to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: *Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, ...

martial law Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory. Use Marti ...

was declared on 6 October 1942 in and around Trondheim, in

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

and in Grane. In a speech held in the main square in the city center of Trondheim,

Josef Terboven Josef Terboven (23 May 1898 – 8 May 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician who was the long-serving ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Essen and the ''Reichskommissar'' for Norway during the German occupation. Early life Terboven was born in Essen ...

declared an imminent crackdown on "those who pull the strings".Harald H. Langhelle (1890-1942)
Henry Gleditsch was executed as a propitiatory reprisal, near

Falstad '', '' no, Falstad fangeleir'', construction=1895-1910 Falstad concentration camp (Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Falstad fangeleir'', German language, German: ''SS-Strafgefangenenlager Falstad'') was situated in the village of Ekne in what was ...

, together with newspaper editor and politician

Harald Langhelle Harald H. Langhelle (25 December 1890 – 6 October 1942) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Dale, Hordaland, and became editor-in-chief of '' Nordlands Social-Demokrat'' in 1919. He was elected ...

and eight other people.

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1902 births 1942 deaths Norwegian people of English descent People educated at the Haagaas School Male actors from Oslo Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian theatre directors Norwegian resistance members Norwegian civilians killed in World War II People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad Norwegian people executed by Nazi Germany 20th-century Norwegian male actors {{Norway-actor-stub