Memorial Arvid Kristian Storsveen

Arvid Kristian Storsveen (1915-1943), was the Norwegian organizer of XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation within occupied Norway during World War II.

Lt. Storsveen took part in the battle against the German invasion forces in April 1940

The XU organisation started in July 1940 and became a reliable source of information for the Allies.

Storsveen was forced to flee to Sweden in July 1942, successfully evading the German units who were tracking him down.

He returned to Oslo in the spring of 1943, but he was found and killed by the Gestapo on 27 April 1943. Due to the false documentation found on him the Gestapo never realized the true identity of the man they had killed and so his organisation was able to recover from his death.

He was posthumously awarded Norways's highest decoration for military gallantry, the War Cross with sword.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Wikimedia Commons