Gudmund Seland (11 November 1907 – 1996) was a Norwegian resistance member and newspaper editor.
Seland was born in Flekkefjord .[ 1] He worked as a book printer before the Second World War,[ 2] but together with his brother Johannes Seland he was involved in the resistance movement during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany .[ 1]
Seland was arrested on 4 April 1944, and was held at Gestapo Headquarters in Kristiansand (in what had been the State Archive building ). From 5 August 1944 until Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945) Seland was imprisoned in Grini concentration camp .[ 2]
After the war he became deputy mayor of Nes , serving as mayor from 1952 to 1956.[ 3] He was an editor for the newspaper Agder from 1954.[ 4] He stepped down and sold the newspaper in 1970.[ 5] Seland also wrote books on local history.[ 1] He died in 1996.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d "Dødsfall". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 29 June 1996. p. 38.
^ a b Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). "13083. Seland, Gudmund". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 463.
^ Jensen, 1997: p. 185
^ Jensen, 1997: p. 162
^ Jensen, 1997: pp. 203–205
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