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Kristian Welhaven
Deceased Person
1883 – 1975
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Who was Kristian Welhaven?
Kristian Welhaven was a Norwegian police officer. He was chief of police of Oslo for 27 years, from 1927 to 1954. He was a leading force in establishing an organized Norwegian intelligence service before World War II, and in re-establishing it after the war. During the war years Welhaven was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned in both Norway and Germany, before spending the remainder of the war as a civilian internee in Bavaria.
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- Born
- Oct 11, 1883
Oslo - Spouses
- Nationality
- Norway
- Education
- University of Oslo
- Norwegian Military Academy
- Died
- Jul 27, 1975
Oslo
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on July 23, 2013
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