About Gunnar Syverstad
Lived 1910 – 1945 (aged 35). Gunnar Syverstad was a Norwegian military personnel.
Gunnar Bryde Syverstad, BEM (6 February 1910 – 11 March 1945) was a Norwegian resistance member. He is known for his assistance in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage.
He was born in Horten, Norway. his mother was from that city and his father was from Glemmen in Østfold county. He later moved to Rjukan where he was laboratory assistant at the Vemork hydroelectric power plant outside Rjukan in Tinn, Norway.
He fled to Great Britain in February 1944, where he became a member of the Special Operations Executive. He returned to Norway, being parachuted in over Hardangervidda, to participate in the Operation Sunshine with Leif Tronstad. Syverstad and Tronstad were both killed in a shooting incident 11 March 1945.
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Who was Gunnar Syverstad?
Norwegian resistance member (1910–1945)
When was Gunnar Syverstad born?
Gunnar Syverstad was born on 6 February 1910 in Horten Municipality.
When did Gunnar Syverstad die?
Gunnar Syverstad died on 11 March 1945.
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Gunnar Syverstad was a military personnel.
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Gunnar Syverstad was Norwegian.
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