Sigurd Sverdrup

Sigurd Bernhard Sverdrup (1 June 1918 – 16 May 2008) was a Norwegian World War II resistance member.

He studied law during the early phase of World War II. He became a member of the resistance group 2A. Here he gained contact with Martin Siem, a worker at the mechanic yard Akers Mekaniske Verksted. Both were recruited to the secret intelligence organization RMO. Siem was an informant regarding his workplace, whereas Sverdrup gained a direect channel to the executive of the Oslo Port Authority.[1] When the leader of RMO, A.K. Rygg, had to flee the country in the autumn 1943, Siem and Sverdrup took over the leadership.[2] Sverdrup was specifically tasked with coordinating naval intelligence in the Oslofjord, from Kristiansand in the west to Halden in the east. RMO cooperated with XU and Milorg,[1] and information on the Port of Oslo became especially important for Norwegian ship saboteurs, such as Max Manus, Gregers Gram and Roy Nielsen.[3]

Sverdrup died in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Moland, Arnfinn; Sønsteby, Gunnar (22 May 2008). "Sigurd Sverdrup (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Nøkleby, Berit (1995). "RMO". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Sverdrup, Sigurd; Sønsteby, Gunnar (11 November 1996). "Martin Siem (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.


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