Eystein Fjærli

Eystein Olavsson Fjærli (August 12, 1917 – 1987) was a Norwegian career officer (a lieutenant colonel), defense strategist, author, and politician.

Fjærli was born in Molde, the son of the politician Olav Eysteinson Fjærli. When Germany invaded Norway in 1940, he was studying philology, and as a conscript sergeant he participated in fighting in Eastern Norway. Nå, Vi Menn, and other periodicals.

Selected works Ikke-militært forsvar og norsk sikkerhetspolitikk (Non-Military Defense and Norwegian Security Policy, discussion paper, 1967), with Johan Jørgen Holst and Harald Rønning NATO: strategi for frihet (NATO: Strategy for Freedom, 1968) Tar vi forsvaret alvorlig? (Do We Take Defense Seriously? 1969) Krigens Svalbard (Wartime Svalbard, 1979) Den norske hær i Storbritannia 1940–1945 (The Norwegian Army in the United Kingdom 1940–1945, 1982)