About Sverre Gjellum
Lived 1919 – 1999 (aged 79). Sverre Gjellum was a Norwegian jurist, diplomat and judge.
Sverre Julius Gjellum (29 September 1919 – 23 April 1999) was a Norwegian diplomat.
He was born in Kristiania, enrolled in law studies in 1939 and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1943. This was during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, and he escaped to neutral Sweden, joined the Norwegian police troops-in-exile before travelling via the United Kingdom to Canada, where he underwent pilot training in Little Norway. In 1945 he returned to Norway and worked with the legal purge in the Oslo police. He started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1946.
His first posts abroad were as an embassy secretary in Mexico and vice-consul in San Francisco, California.
In his last years he worked for the Salvation Army.
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Who was Sverre Gjellum?
Norwegian diplomat (1919-1999)
When was Sverre Gjellum born?
Sverre Gjellum was born on 29 September 1919 in Oslo Municipality.
When did Sverre Gjellum die?
Sverre Gjellum died on 23 April 1999.
What was Sverre Gjellum's occupation?
Sverre Gjellum was a jurist, diplomat and judge.
What nationality was Sverre Gjellum?
Sverre Gjellum was Norwegian.
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