Kåre Norum (14 November 1907 – 2 August 1981) was a Norwegian educator and resistance member.

Life

He was born in Nesodden,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Norum was editor of the magazine ''Norsk Skuleblad'' from 1934 to 1941. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he represented the teachers in the civil

resistance movement A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objective ...

's Coordination Committee. In 1946 he was elected chairman of the union ''Norsk Lærerlag'', and he later had various positions for the organization. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1972.

References

1907 births 1981 deaths People from Nesodden Norwegian educators Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian trade unionists Norwegian resistance members 20th-century Norwegian writers {{norway-bio-stub