Johannes Henrik Schiøtz (27 November 1884 – 1957) was a Norwegian military officer, museum director and historian.

Biography

He was born in

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

as a son of banker Jonas Schanche Kielland Schiøtz (1841–1901). He was a brother of

Carl Schiøtz Carl Schiøtz (2 November 1877 – 20 September 1938) was a Norwegian physician and professor of hygiene and bacteriology at the University of Oslo. Biography He was born in Hamar, Norway. His parents were Jonas Schanche Kielland Schiøtz ( ...

and nephew of

Hjalmar August Schiøtz Hjalmar August Schiøtz (9 February 1850 – 8 December 1927) was a Norwegian physician, ophthalmologist and educator. Schiøtz is credited as being Norway's first professor of ophthalmology. He was born in Stavanger, Norway. In 1877 he recei ...

, both professors of medicine, and also a nephew of geologist Oskar Emil Schiøtz. He first marked himself as a

military historian Military history is the study of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as the resulting changes to local and international relationships. Professional historians ...

. His principal work was a history of Denmark-Norway's involvement in the

Great Northern War In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...

, released in three volumes between 1936 and 1955. From 1934 to his death he edited the journal ''

Norsk Militært Tidsskrift ''Norsk Militært Tidsskrift'' () is a Norwegian journal first issued in 1831, and published by Oslo Militære Samfund from 1835. The original title of the periodical was ''Militairt Tidsskrift''. It has been issued continuously since 1831, and i ...

''. From 1954 to 1956 he was the director of the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum. Johannes Schiøtz reached the rank of Colonel in 1939. He was involved in the fighting of the Norwegian Campaign in 1940. During the subsequent

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

he was arrested by the Nazi authorities as a hostage on 17 January 1942. He was incarcerated at

Grini concentration camp Grini prison camp (, ) was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here. History Grini was originally built as a women's prison, near an old croft ...

, was then sent to Schildberg on 30 December 1942, where he sat as a prisoner-of-war until the camp was liberated.

References

1884 births 1957 deaths Norwegian military historians Norwegian Army personnel of World War II Grini concentration camp survivors Norwegian prisoners of war in World War II World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Directors of museums in Norway People from Hamar {{Norway-historian-stub