Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen

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Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen (July 4, 1915, Helsinki – October 13, 2002, Bærum) was a Norwegian military officer, a general in the Norwegian Army. He served as Chief of Defence of Norway from 1972 to 1977.^[1]^[2]

He was Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1977 to 1980.

Zeiner-Gundersen was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1977.^[3]

References

↑ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
↑ "Forsvarssjefen" (in Norwegian). www.mil.no. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
↑ Magnus, Jens Christian. "Herman Zeiner-Gundersen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

Military offices
Preceded by Folke Hauger Johannessen	Chief of Defence of Norway 1972–1977	Succeeded by Sverre B. Hamre

Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee

1949–1951 Omar Bradley
1951–1952 Etienne Baele
1952–1953 Charles Foulkes
1953–1954 E. J. C. Quistgaard
1954–1955 Augustin Guillaume
1955–1956 Stylianos Pallis
1956–1957 Giuseppe Mancinelli
1957–1958 B. R. P. F. Hasselman

1958–1959 Bjarne Øen
1959–1960 J. A. Beleza Ferras
1960–1960 Rustu Erdelhun
1960–1961 Louis Mountbatten
1961–1962 Lyman Lemnitzer
1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont
1963–1964 Adolf Heusinger
1964–1968 C. P. de Cumont

1968–1971 Nigel Henderson
1971–1974 Johannes Steinhoff
1974–1977 Peter Hill-Norton
1977–1980 H. F. Zeiner-Gundersen
1980–1983 Robert Hilborn Falls
1983–1986 Cornelis De Jager
1986–1989 Wolfgang Altenburg
1989–1993 Vigleik Eide

1993–1996 Richard Vincent
1996–1999 Klaus Naumann
1999–2002 Guido Venturoni
2002–2005 Harald Kujat
2005–2008 Ray Henault
2008–2011 Giampaolo Di Paola
2011–2012 Knud Bartels

Persondata
Name	Zeiner-Gundersen, Herman Fredrik
Alternative names
Short description	Chairman of NATO
Date of birth	July 4, 1915
Place of birth
Date of death	October 13, 2002
Place of death

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