Gunnar Dyrberg

Nazi occupation and resistance

After Nazi Germany invaded Denmark (beginning 9 April 1940), Dyrberg was among the many young men who joined the Danish Resistance. He used the code name, "Herman," to disguise his identity during the German occupation.

He rose to lead group 5 of the Holger Danske, a resistance group in Copenhagen

Post-war years

He went to college after the war, studying politics, From 1987 to 1992, ehwas the editor of the Danske Invest magazine.

From 1971 until 2012, Dyrberg also owned and operated the Lille Søgård (Small Sogard), a farm for breeding and training Icelandic horses. It was located in Høsterkøb, North Zealand.

Personal life In 1946, Dyrberg married Lulla and they had two sons together. Lulla died in 1998. Gunnar Dyrberg died at his home in Hørsholm following a long illness on 8 January 2012, at the age of 90.

Popular culture Dyrberg was featured in the 2003 documentary film, With a Right to Kill (Med ret til at dræbe), about the Holger Danske group. The 2008 Danish dramatic film, Flame and Citron (Flammen og Citronen), featured two of his most prominent agents as the central characters, and portrayed the complex, morally ambiguous relations within the Resistance.

Books 1994, Explosion in May 1994, The Tomato Is Rotten 1995, Shot in the Avenue 1997, Debit Left - Credit to the Right 2000, When the Villagers Get Peasants