Margrete Aamot Øverland (11 February 1913 – 20 November 1978) was a Norwegian resistance member during the

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, and later editor of the

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newspaper Frisprog.

Biography

A journalist in the social democrat newspaper '' Den 1ste Mai'', she met her future husband

Arnulf Øverland Ole Peter Arnulf Øverland (27 April 1889 – 25 March 1968) was a Norwegian poet and artist. He is principally known for his poetry which served to inspire the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway during World ...

for the first time in 1934. He was one of Norway's most prominent writers and essayists. The couple moved-in together in the summer of 1940, shortly after the German invasion of Norway (

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). Based in their Oslo home, they distributed Øverland's anti-fascist poetry, which was deemed illegal by the occupiers. Both were arrested in June 1941. Aamot was sent to

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and later Ravensbrück. However, both survived. In 1946 they moved in at Grotten.Arnulf Øverland and Grotten
Arnulf died in 1968, Margrete in 1978.

References

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