Gunnar Bøe

Gunnar Bøe (20 January 1917 – 9 December 1989) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.

Personal life He was born in Bergen to Gunnar Olaf Bøe (1878–1959) and Ragnhild Sæthre (1883–1974). In 1940, he married Ragnhild Sæthre, born 1917. From 1930 to 1938, due to the marriage of his sister Karen Bøe, he was a brother-in-law of Halvard Manthey Lange and uncle of Even Lange.

Career From 1934 to 1936, he was a member of the board of the Labour Party in Bergen. His father held a doctorate in medicine, but Bøe enrolled in economics studies at the University of Oslo in 1936. In 1940, he received his cand.oecon. degree. In the same year, the Norwegian Price Directorate hired him, but, because Norway was invaded by Germany, he fought against the invaders in the Norwegian Campaign and became a member of the Milorg resistance. In 1942, the Nazi authorities arrested him. From July 1942 to December 1943, he was held in Grini concentration camp. From 1943 to war's end, he was held in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After the 1945 liberation, he was a secretary for Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen. In July 2014, new information came to light with the release of more documents from KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin.