Leif Hamre

Leif Hamre (9 August 1914 – 20 August 2007) was a Norwegian military officer and children's writer.

Biography

He was born in Molde. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo.

Hamre was trained as a pilot in Scotland and as a navigator at Little Norway in Canada during the Second World War. He continued his military career after the war, and assumed various leading positions in the Royal Norwegian Air Force. He is regarded as a pioneer of helicopter transport in Norway. He organized and became head of the Air Force's helicopter service, retiring as Colonel Lieutenant in 1974.