Mykola Radeĭko

Mykola Radeĭko (October 2, 1920 — February 25, 2005) was an Ukraininan politician and physician. He was one of the leaders of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in Lemko Region and a public figure of the Ukrainian diaspora in Norway.

Biography Mykola, son of Ostap Radeiko, was born on October 2, 1920 in Yavoriv. In 1937, he became a member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists,

In 1953, he graduated from the University of Oslo, where he founded the Ukrainian society in Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian PEN club. He has repeatedly invited Ukrainian scientists and public figures, and actively covered Ukrainian topics in leading Norwegian publications. His contemporaries called him the ambassador of Ukraine to Norway. He actively united the community, and he collected relics and historical documents of the Ukrainian nation and state. For example, in 1978, in Hamburg, he bought a wagon of Hetman Ivan Mazepa from 1700.

The last time he was in Ukraine was in 1991. and is buried in Oslo.

Personal life He was married to Norwegian Ragnhild Ramsland and had three children: Maria, Karl Roman and Bohdan.