John Rognes (army officer) explained

John Ingebrigt Rognes
Birth Date:18 June 1902
Birth Place:Trondheim, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Alma Mater:Norwegian Military Academy

John Ingebrigt Rognes (18 June 1902  - 30 July 1949) was a Norwegian military officer and Milorg pioneer.

Career

Rognes was born in Trondheim to police officer I. Rognes and Marie Johanne Iversen, and was married to Ragna Brandt. He graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1924.[1] During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he organized early military resistance, along with Olaf Helset and Paal Frisvold. In 1941 he fled to the United Kingdom, where he assumed a central position with the Norwegian Army in exile in Britain.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Barth . Bjarne Keyser . Bjarne Keyser Barth . Norges militære embedsmenn 1929 . Rognes, J. I. . 1930 . A. M. Hanche . Oslo . 496 . Norwegian .
  2. Encyclopedia: Kraglund . Ivar . Ivar Kraglund . . Rognes, John . Norwegian . . . . . . 17 April 2013 . 1995 . Cappelen . Oslo . 82-02-14138-9 .