Carl Joachim Hambro (1885-1964)
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| Norway and World War II |
| Key events |
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| Norwegian Campaign · Weserübung Elverum Authorization Midtskogen · Vinjesvingen |
| People |
| Haakon VII · Nygaardsvold · CJ Hambro CG Fleischer · Otto Ruge · Max Manus Jens Chr. Hauge · Gunnar Sønsteby |
| Quisling · Jonas Lie · Henry Rinnan Josef Terboven · Wilhelm Rediess von Falkenhorst |
| Organizations |
| Milorg · XU · Linge · Nortraship |
| Nasjonal Samling |
Carl Joachim Hambro (usually C.J. Hambro) (January 5, 1885 – 15 December 1964) was a leading politician from the Norwegian Conservative Party. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1919 to 1957, party Chairman from 1928 to 1934, speaker in the Parliament 1926 to 1933 and 1935 to 1945, and President of the Assembly of the League of Nations delegates in 1939-40 and 1946.
He played a crucial role at the time of the German invasion in 9 April 1940. Being among the few politicians who really understood Hitler's ambitions toward the country. Learning from what had happened to Czechoslovakia in 1938, Hambro was prepared, and managed to organize the escape of Haakon VII and his government before the Germans arrived, delayed by the sinking of the German cruiser Blücher.
In the days after the invasion, Hambro worked actively from Sweden's capital Stockholm to correct the image the American journalist Leland Stowe had portrayed of the situation in Norway.
His son was the politician Edvard Hambro.
[edit] External links
- Short biography of Hambro – From the homepage of user dagwood at ISP www.tdn.com (The Daily News, Longview, WA, USA)
- (Norwegian) C.J. Hambro war efforts – From the NorgesLexi internet encyclopedia's Norwegian War Encyclopedia
- http://home.no.net/pgjendem/artikler/pg_familien_Bjoerset.htm
| Preceded by Éamon de Valera |
President of the League of Nations 1939 |
Succeeded by N/A |
| Preceded by N/A |
President of the League of Nations 1946 |
Succeeded by none |
| Presidents of the League of Nations |
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| Paul Hymans (1920–21) • Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (1921–22) • Augustin Edwards (1922–23) • Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza (1923–24) • Giuseppe Motta (1924–25) • Raoul Dandurand (1925–26) • Afonso Costa (1926) • Momčilo Ninčić (1926–27) • Alberto Guani (1927–28) • Herluf Zahle (1928–29) • Jose Gustavo Guerrero (1929–30) • Nicolae Titulescu (1930–32) • Paul Hymans (1932–33) • Charles Theodore Te Water (1933–34) • Richard Johannes Sandler (1934) • Francisco Castillo Najera (1934–35) • Edvard Beneš (1935–36) • Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1936–37) • Tevfik Rustu Aras (1937) • Aga Khan III (1937–38) • Éamon de Valera (1938–39) • Carl Joachim Hambro (1939–40, 1946) |
