Per Jacobsen

Per Jacobsen (23 March 1911 – 13 June 1944) was a Norwegian figure skater (national champion in 1931 and 1932), and a resistance member who was killed during World War II.

Early and personal life Jacobsen was born in Kristiania as the son of Sigval Jacobsen (1867-1928) and Agathe, née Backer Røed (1876-1925). His father hailed from Kristiania and his mother from Holmestrand. Jacobsen studied economics and auditing. He was Norwegian champion in figure skating in 1931, and again in 1932. He travelled from Oslo to Knut Haukelid's mountain cabin at Langesæ, where he informed Haukelid that Sverre Midtskau had returned from England, and asked him to join the group in Oslo. He played a central role when Max Manus escaped from custody at Ullevål Hospital in February 1941, by smuggling in the fishline which was used to pull up the rope used for descending, and organize car transport for the escape. After the Skylark A group was unveiled by the Nazi authorities, Jacobsen started working with underground newspapers, but was soon arrested. While incarcerated at Grini, Jacobsen took part in the prisoners' self-administration, and had a central position at the so-called Kammeret, which was under German supervision, but the labour was done by prisoners. He was shipped to Germany on 29 July 1943, and sent directly to the Nacht und Nebel camp Natzweiler in occupied France, where he died in June 1944.