Sverre Kjeldstadli Explained

Sverre Arnljot Breste Kjeldstadli (14 February 1916 – 28 March 1961) was a Norwegian historian.

During World War II he was a courier for Milorg. His PhD thesis from 1959, "Hjemmestyrkene. Hovedtrekk av den militære motstanden under okkupasjonen" (English: The home forces; Main features of the military resistance during the occupation), has been an inspiration for later works by other historians.^[1]

He was a son of trade unionist Lars Kjeldstadli (1870–1934) and his wife Beate (born Lotsberg; 1880–1965). He was a son-in-law of Daniel Grini,^[2] and together with Ellen Helvig Grini (1918–2001) he had the son, historian Knut Kjeldstadli.^[3]

Sverre Kjeldstadli died on 28 March 1961 and was buried in the borough of Ullern, Oslo.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Øystein . Sørensen . . Kjeldstadli, Sverre . no . Dahl . Hans Fredrik Dahl . Hjeltnes . Guri Hjeltnes . Nøkleby . Berit Nøkleby . Ringdal . Nils Johan Ringdal . Sørensen . Øystein Sørensen . 26 January 2010 . 1995 . Cappelen . Oslo . 82-02-14138-9 . 214 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315115059/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/k/k2.html#kjeldstadli-sverre . 15 March 2012 .
2. Book: Kjeldstadli, Knut. Knut Kjeldstadli. Mine fire besteforeldre. Pax. Oslo. 2010. 978-82-530-3342-6. no.
3. Encyclopedia: Knut Kjeldstadli . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Jan Eivind . Myhre . Helle, Knut . Knut Helle . Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. no. 26 January 2010.
4. Web site: Cemeteries in Norway. DIS-Norge. 5 July 2011. (image of tombstone).