Reidar Torp

Reidar Torp (7 July 1922 – 19 May 2017) was a Norwegian military officer.

Biography

Torp was born in Sarpsborg.[1] A son of politician Oscar Torp, he fled Norway on the cruiser HMS Devonshire on 7 June 1940, together with the royal family, the cabinet (to which Oscar Torp belonged) and other important personnel.[2] During the Second World War he was a soldier, undergoing training in London from 1942 to 1943 and at the Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst, from 1943 to 1944.[1]

Torp headed the intelligence staff of the Norwegian High Command from 1970 to 1975 and the Plan and Policy Division International Military Staff of the NATO from 1975 to 1979. He held the rank of Major General. He was the director of the Norwegian National Defence College from 1979 to 1983 and of Norway's Resistance Museum from 1983.[1] In 1995 he was succeeded by Arnfinn Moland.[3] Torp died in 2017.[4]

References
  1. "Reidar Torp 80 år 7. juli" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 14 June 2002.
  2. Guhnfeldt, Cato (10 May 2006). "Lær om krigen! I dag kan du møte krigsveteranene". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 12.
  3. "Arnfinn Moland 50 år 25. august" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 August 2001.
  4. Moland, Arnfinn; Ivar Dyb Kraglund; Frode Færøy (26 May 2017). "Reidar Torp". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 32.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Knut Haugland		 Director of Norway's Resistance Museum
1983–1995		 Succeeded by
Arnfinn Moland
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.