Wilhelm Münter Rolfsen

Wilhelm Münter Rolfsen (11 May 1913 – 8 December 2002) was a Norwegian barrister, resistance member and film producer. During the German occupation of Norway he was actively involved in the resistance movement, particularly by organising a network for escorting refugees to Sweden. He took part as a prosecutor in the legal purge in Norway after World War II, and he wrote two books about his wartime experiences. He was involved in film productions, including Nine Lives and Struggle for Eagle Peak

Early and personal life Rolfsen was born in Kristiania, a son of wholesaler Christen Rolfsen and Astrid Münter. He finished his secondary education in 1931, finished officer's training in 1932 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in law in 1937. In 1937 he married banker's daughter Randi Kvaal.

Career Rolfsen worked as a journalist for the newspaper Morgenbladet, and established himself as a lawyer from 1941. He was a lieutenant for the Norwegian troops in Sweden from 1943 to 1945. In 1946 he published Usynlige Veier ("Invisible paths"), on refugee escorts and courier traffic between Norway and Sweden during the war.

After the war he continued in his law firm, He took part as a prosecutor in the legal purge in Norway after World War II. In 1952 he became a barrister with access to working with Supreme Court cases. Through the company Nordsjøfilm he was involved in the film productions Shetlandsgjengen, Ni Liv from 1957 and Venner.