Jens Henrik Nordlie (18 January 1910 – 2 April 1996) was a Norwegian military officer, resistance fighter from

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and businessperson. He participated in the Norwegian Campaign in 1940, and was a member of

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 ...

's leadership in 1941. He worked for the Norwegian High Command in London from 1943, leading one of the two sections of department 4 (FO IV). He contributed to the post-war investigation committee, ''

Undersøkelseskommisjonen av 1945 Undersøkelseskommisjonen av 1945 was a commission appointed by the Parliament of Norway in 1945 and chaired by Norwegian politician Gustav Heiberg, given the task to investigate the role of the three branches of power: the Norwegian Parliament, Go ...

'', where he wrote the appendix on the fighting in Norway in spring 1940. He was operative leader of the clandestine

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in Norway. He was CEO of the company

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from 1957 to 1975, and a co-founder of the organization Fritt Ord.

Personal life

Nordlie was born in

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to colonel Oswald Fredrik Wilhelm Nordlie and Anna Margrethe Holtermann Carlsen. He was married twice, first to Grete Stephanson, and second to Lise Ringberg. He died in

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in 1996.

References

1910 births 1996 deaths Military personnel from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian Army personnel of World War II Norwegian resistance members Norwegian anti-communists {{Norway-mil-bio-stub