Tor Njaa (23 October 1912 – 5 September 1944) was a

Norwegian resistance 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, ...

member of

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. He was born in Flekkefjord, to a mother from Flekkefjord and a father from

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, and had attended middle school and commercial school. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he joined the resistance movement. He was the leader 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 ...

in the city of Flekkefjord, and was an important cooperator of

Gunvald Tomstad Gunvald Jørg Tomstad (2 August 1918 – 12 May 1970) was a major agent of the British SIS, and a Norwegian resistance member during World War II. From 1941 to 1943, he was a mole or double agent while also operating a clandestine radio transmit ...

. He also operated an illegal communication post. He was arrested in August 1942, and imprisoned at Møllergata 19 until March 1943, except for some time in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

in early 1943. He then sat at Grini concentration camp from March to June 1943 and October to November 1943. He was then sent to

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. He died in September 1944, en route to

Natzweiler concentration camp Natzweiler-Struthof was a Nazi concentration camp located in the Vosges Mountains close to the villages of Natzweiler and Struthof in the Gau Baden-Alsace of Germany, on territory annexed from France on a basis in 1940. It operated from 21 Ma ...

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1912 births 1944 deaths Norwegian resistance members Norwegian civilians killed in World War II Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps People from Vest-Agder People from Flekkefjord Norwegian people who died in Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp Grini concentration camp prisoners {{Norway-bio-stub