Olav Bergersen

Olav Bergersen (2 July 1880 – 17 December 1973) was a Norwegian naval officer, war historian, insurance inspector and politician. He was a member of the Storting from 1931–1933, and served with the Admiral Staff of the Royal Norwegian Navy in London during the Second World War.

Personal life Bergersen was born in Strinda Municipality to judge Bernhard Konrad Bergersen and Marie Magdalene Selmer, and was a great-grandson of politician Hilmar Meincke Krohg. He married Ynghild Gønnning in 1906.

Career Bergersen graduated as naval officer in 1901. He was promoted to Premier Lieutenant in 1904, to Captain in 1912, and Commander in 1945. He was assigned with the insurance company Trondhjems Forsikringsselskap from 1919 to 1945. as a hostage. In 1943 he escaped German-occupied Norway to neutral Sweden and made his way to the United Kingdom, where he served with the admiral staff of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

He was awarded the Norwegian Defence Medal 1940–1945 and the King's Medal of Merit in gold, and was decorated Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1962.

Bergersen died on 17 December 1973.