Nils Christoffer Bøckman (6 July 1880 – 22 December 1973) was a

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lieutenant-colonel and

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. Born in

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, Bøckman was educated at the military academy, graduating as lieutenant in 1901. He was promoted to captain in 1905, major in 1930, and lieutenant-colonel as part of his participation in

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in Northern Norway. Bøckman started working for Meråker Brug, where he was responsible for the estates in

Verdal Verdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra. Some villages in the municipality include Forbregd/Lein, Lysthaugen, Stiklest ...

. He was also president of Trondhjems Skiklub. In 1916, he was elected into the board of the tramway company

Graakalbanen A/S Graakalbanen was a private company that built and operated the Gråkallen Line of the Trondheim Tramway between 1924 and 1972. Established in 1916, it bought large land areas in Byåsen, and built a tramway through these to reach the recreatio ...

. In 1919, he was hired as director of the company, and would remain in the position until 1966, when the company was nationalized. During World War II, two members of the company's board were executed. When Bøckman would not call in the Nazi-appointed board that replaced them, he was arrested and spent the rest of the war in the prison camps

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 ...

and

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. Being arrested on 2 March 1943, he was imprisoned at Grini from 19 March 1944 to 8 May 1945.

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1880 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Trondheim Tramway people Norwegian Army personnel of World War II Grini concentration camp survivors Falstad concentration camp survivors People from Trondheim {{norway-business-bio-stub