Alf Grindrud

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Alf Martinius Grindrud (2 July 1904 - 17 May 1959 [1] ) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

During the German occupation of Norway he was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement. He was arrested in January 1944, and spent time at the concentration camps Grini, Natzweiler, Dachau, Ottobrunn, Dautmergen and Vaihingen. [1] In April 1945 sixteen Norwegians were liberated by the White Buses from Vaihingen, among them Grindrud and later Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli. [2]

Grindrud served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Buskerud county during the term 19451949.

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References

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  2. Ottosen, Kristian (2 July 2001). "Gjensyn med Vaihingen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2008-05-06.