Gunnar Eilifsen

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Gunnar Eilifsen

Gunnar Eilifsens headstone- Nordstrand graveyard

Gunnar Eilifsen (1897 – 16 August 1943) was a Norwegian police officer.

During the Nazi occupation of Norway in 1943, he was to be executed for disobedience when he refused to arrest five girls who did not show up for forced labour. A law was hurriedly retrospectively passed before his execution and that law was subsequently referred to as Lex Eilifsen.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr. "Gunnar Eilifsen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
↑ "Gunnar Eilifsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 February 2011.

Persondata
Name	Eilifsen, Gunnar
Alternative names
Short description	A police officer who was executed when he refused to arrest five girls who did not show up for forced labour.
Date of birth	1897
Place of birth
Date of death	16 August 1943
Place of death

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