Gunnar Eilifsen

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1897 –

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Who is Gunnar Eilifsen?

Gunnar Eilifsen was a Norwegian police officer.

During the Nazi occupation of Norway in 1943, he was to be executed for disobedience when he refused to arrest five girls who did not show up for forced labour. A law was hurriedly retrospectively passed before his execution and that law was subsequently referred to as Lex Eilifsen.

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Born
1897
Died
May 2, 2024

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on July 23, 2013

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