How to Pronounce Egil Olbjørn
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Aug 03, 1902 Died on 01 Feb 1982 (aged 79)
Norwegian police leader
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About Egil Olbjørn
- Egil Yngvar Olbjørn (3 August 1902 – 1 February 1982) was a Norwegian police leader. He came to prominence during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, as a member of Nasjonal Samling and supporter of Jonas Lie.
- He headed the police branch Ordenspolitiet.
- To a certain degree he tried to resist German control, and was imprisoned for a short period in the autumn of 1944.
- He was saved from prison by Jonas Lie, and Olbjørn stood by Lie's side when they entrenched themselves at Skallum on 8 May 1945 after the Nazi capitulation; however Olbjørn gave up, and left Skallum some days before Lie (who died there on 11 May).Olbjørn is also known as a judge (together with Karl Marthinsen and Egil Reichborn-Kjennerud) in the special court that sentenced Gunnar Eilifsen to death in 1943.During the legal purge in Norway after World War II, Olbjørn was sentenced harshly for Nazi collaboration.
