Reidun Røed, née Hjartøy (22 March 1921 – 5 April 2009) was a Norwegian resistance member. She was born in

Rjukan Rjukan () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of Tinn Municipality. The town is located in the Vestfjorddalen valley, between the lakes Møsvatn ...

, but the family moved to Jar in her youth, and she finished her secondary education at

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Upper Secondary School. She studied chemistry at the

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, but this ended when the university was closed by the Nazi occupiers (1940–1945) of Norway following the 1943 University of Oslo fire. She worked as an assistant at the

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until 1944, when she was hired as a secretary for 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 ...

's District 13 based in Norway's capital. Kunstindustrimuseet

She started working for Major Oliver H. Langeland, the first leader of D13. In July 1944 Langeland received orders from London to leave the country, and travelled to England via Sweden, and Lorentz Brinch took over as the new leader of D13. Hjartøy was one of district leader Brinch's closest helpers. Brinch, Hjartøy and

Andreas Tømmerbakke Andreas Tømmerbakke (24 July 1910 – 3 November 1994) was a Norwegian actuary and resistance member against the Nazi occupation of Norway. Biography He was born in Bergen, and finished his secondary education at Bergen Cathedral School in 1 ...

were the three people usually present at the district's main office, where sub-leaders (intelligence, weapons, sabotage, provisions) came in to file reports during the day. As the highest-serving woman in the district she was often called "Milorg D 13's first lady". She was decorated with the

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. After the war's end she was given a scholarship to complete her studies in the United States. Here she met Per Røed, a prolific saboteur from Milorg's District 13, whom she married. Røed and Hjartøy were old acquaintances from secondary school. They coincidentally met again at a Christmas celebration in a cover-up apartment in December 1944. They engaged in 1945, and married in the US in 1947. They lived at Jar. She died in April 2009 and was buried at

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.Cemeteries in Bærum
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roed, Reidun 1921 births 2009 deaths People from Rjukan People from Bærum Norwegian resistance members Female resistance members of World War II