Ole Lippmann (25 April 1916 – 3 September 2002) was a Danish businessman and leading figure of the

Danish resistance movement The Danish resistance movements ( da, Den danske modstandsbevægelse) were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, in which the Nazi occupation aut ...

, active during the German

occupation of Denmark At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral. For most of the war, the country was a protectorate and then an occupied territory of Germany. The decision to occupy Denmark was taken in Berlin on 17 December ...

during World War II. In February 1945 he replaced Flemming Muus as

Special Operations Executive The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation. It was officially formed on 22 July 1940 under Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton, from the amalgamation of three existing secret organisations. Its p ...

(SOE) parachute commander, and functioned as such until the

liberation of Denmark At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral. For most of the war, the country was a protectorate and then an occupied territory of Germany. The decision to occupy Denmark was taken in Berlin on 17 Decemb ...

on 5 May 1945. Lippmann was the last surviving senior figure from the wartime Freedom Council, which had been established to sabotage railways, bridges, factories, as well as oil and military installations. Lippmann married, in 1942, Inga Bjorn Nielsen; they had three children.

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Biography
at historie-online.dk 1916 births 2002 deaths Danish resistance members Danish people of World War II {{Denmark-bio-stub