Johan Beichmann

Johan Didrik Schlömer Beichmann KBE (30 May 1886 – 10 February 1966) was a Norwegian military officer, journalist and businessman. A resistance pioneer during the German occupation of Norway, he fled to London and eventually served as head commander of the Norwegian Army-in-exile.

Personal life Beichmann was born in Kristiania, the son of judge and civil servant Frederik Beichmann, and writer Edle Hartmann. He was married three times, first to Eva Jacobsen, second to Mona Smith, and third time to Anne Sophie Amalie Troughton.

Beichmann was a resistance pioneer during the German occupation of Norway. In 1941 he was in command of local so-called "fighting groups", which eventually developed to become part of the resistance organization Milorg. He had to flee from Norway in the autumn of 1941, and eventually reached London. From 1942 to 1945 he served as head of the Norwegian in London, with the rank of major general.