Ebbe Rørdam | |
Birth Date: | 1925 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Hvilsager |
Death Place: | Denmark (unknown) |
Death Cause: | Skull fracture |
Resting Place: | Ryvangen Memorial Park |
Occupation: | Officer trainee |
Known For: | Killed as member of the Danish resistance movement |
Website: | Web site: Modstandsdatabasen . Copenhagen . . Ebbe Rørdam . Resistance Database . 2014-11-30 . Danish. |
Ebbe Rørdam (10 January 1925 – 16 March 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance killed by the German occupying power.
On 16 March 1945, Rørdam died in connection with the sabotage of an ammunition train.
On 29 August, Rørdam and 105 other victims of the occupation were given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution and burial site in Ryvangen where his remains had been recovered. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.[1]