Asbjørn Øksendal
Asbjørn Øksendal (4 August 1922 – 23 May 2015) was a Norwegian novelist and non-fiction writer. He was born in Mosjøen, Helgeland. He wrote several books on the subject of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, including Lurøy-affæren from 1966, Operasjon Oleander from 1968, Når nøden er størst (on POW camps in Trøndelag) from 1969, Sluttspill i Rinnans bandekloster (on Sonderabteilung Lola) from 1971, and Gulltransporten (on the flight of the Norwegian National Treasury) from 1974. He also wrote novels from the Viking Age.[1] He died in May 2015.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Asbjørn Øksendal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ Sande, Bård (27 May 2015). "Asbjørn Øksendal er død". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 44.
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