Tore Pryser

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Tore Pryser
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Tore Pryser at the University of Inland Norway.
Born (1945-01-09) 9 January 1945 (age 80)
Oslo
Citizenship Norwegian
Scientific career
Fields social history
labor history
World War II history
Institutions University of Inland Norway

Tore Pryser (born 9 January 1945) in Oslo, [1] is a Norwegian historian. He is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Innlandet and has worked primarily on social history, local history, contemporary history, the history of the labor movement, the interwar period and the Second World War.

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In addition to several books on various subjects, Pryser has written Norsk historie 1800-1870 : frå standssamfunn mot klassesamfunn (Norwegian history 1800-1870: from class society to class society), a textbook intended for undergraduate history students. He also wrote Volume 4 of the History of the Labour Movement in Norway, entitled Klassen og nasjonen : (1935-1946) (The Class and the Nation: (1935-1946)).

An overarching theme for Pryser's research on the German occupation of Norway is "betrayal and grey areas". While much of the history of the occupation has been black and white, Pryser has highlighted that much of the history of the occupation period is characterised by grey areas. The usual thing was not heroes and villains, but that most people in Norway adapted. Instead of a national focus, Pryser believes it is more informative to view the period from an international perspective. Then one will see that Norway was largely a peaceful place, with very little physical resistance.

Life and work

Education

Tore Pryser was interested in history from an early age, and began teaching the subject during his compulsory military service in Bodø in 1970, as a teaching assistant in the Royal Norwegian Air Force. There he also began researching his family history, and found that the family name came from an immigrant in the 19th century. [2] Pryser graduated with a cand. philol. majoring in history from the University of Oslo in 1974. There he was a research assistant (vit.ass.) for then associate professor Sivert Langholm on the so-called Ullensaker project, formal name Norsk samfunnsutvikling 1860-1900 (Norwegian Social Development 1860-1900). [3]

Teaching and research in history

Pryser was hired as a lecturer in contemporary history, a new degree program, at the then Hedmark/Oppland distriktshøgskole (Lillehammer University College) in Lillehammer in 1975, [4] [5] became associate professor in 1978, and was promoted to professor in 1993. [1] Politically, Pryser was on the left and in his research and dissemination was particularly interested in history with a focus on ordinary people, often referred to as social history, and the great the great transformation, which he knew from the Ullensaker project. [6] The connection between social history, political engagement and students' homework with the householder's life resulted in reports in the local newspaper Gudbrandsdølen Lillehammer Tilskuer and Billedbladet Nå, and it ended up being a topic in the Storting's question time. The result was that Pryser and his colleagues came out well on the issue, receiving the full support of the Minister of Church and Education Kjølv Egeland. [7]

While working on local history in the area, he became aware that the preservation of archival material in the area was poor, and was involved in taking the initiative for what eventually became the Oppland Archive (today the Inland Archives). [8] Tore Pryser and historian colleague Terje Halvorsen were the first two of the college's employees to achieve professorial competence based on research work at the then Oppland District College in 1993 (what is now the University of Innlandet), in Pryser's case as a professor of contemporary history. [9]

Local history

Tore Pryser has been broadly interested in local history, both in research and dissemination. He has given lectures, published in local history yearbooks, but has also been involved in preserving physical memories. [10] Since the late 1970s, Pryser has been involved in getting an updated municipal history for Lillehammer and Fåberg. Work did not begin until 1991, according to a plan Pryser had drawn up as head of Lillehammer's cultural board. The project was divided into three volumes, the first up to 1827, when Lillehammer became a city. The second volume covered the rest of the 19th century and the period up to 1914, while the third volume covered up to the 1990s. Although there were many challenges along the way, the authors, with support from Pryser and others on the editorial committee, managed to bring the project to a successful conclusion, and the three volumes were published as they were completed, the last in 2004. [11]

As part of his research on social history, Pryser also investigated the Thrane Movement (the first Norwegian workers' movement, named after its leader, Marcus Thrane), both locally in Ullensaker and elsewhere in Eastern Norway. Pryser's research led to him receiving an invitation to give a lecture on the Thranites at a seminar at the University of London in the early 1990s. The seminar was fruitful, not least because British historians believed that support for the Thranite Movement in Norway was very high, seen from an international perspective. [12]

In 2009, Pryser initiated a book project about 1814 in Oppland (a former county in Norway). The purpose was to bring forward knowledge about others than just the participants at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. A total of 300 men; electors, and those who had signed declarations of support, were investigated to find sources about them that could be used in the book. [13] In connection with the research and development of the book project, many people and institutions were involved in the process; the Regional State Archives in Hamar, the Mjøs Museum and the Gudbrandsdals Museums, the author Karsten Alnæs was also a supporter. From 2010, Tore Pryser gave several lectures about 1814, in 2014 alone there were over 40 lectures in various places in Oppland county. The research behind the book project showed the importance of kinship networks for the selection of electors, electors and signers of declarations of support for Christian Frederik. A concrete result of the project was the importance Hunn Gård had in the election of Eidsvollsmenn (members of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll), which led to funds for the restoration of the main building on the farm. The project also led to attempts to document the position of women in 1814. [14]

Major historical works

Pryser was approached by the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget, who wanted a revision of Arne Bergsgård's Norsk historie 1814-1880 (Norwegian History 1814-1880), which was a syllabus for undergraduate history students. He declined, as he believed the book was outdated. In 1981, Pryser was then asked by the publisher if he could write a completely new book about the period, intended as a syllabus for undergraduate students. Pryser agreed, and the book was ready in 1985, with the title Norsk historie 1800-1870 : frå standssamfunn mot klassesamfunn (Norwegian History 1800-1870: from class society to class society). The book received good reviews from reviewers, both from Øystein Sørensen in Dagbladet and Åsmund Egge in Klassekampen . In total, the book has sold nearly 20,000 copies. [15] In the field of Norwegian nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, his 1985 tome is influential. [1] In 1999 it was republished in an abridged version, Norsk historie 1814–1860, Frå standssamfunn mot klassesamfunn, as volume four of Samlagets norske historie , a series on Norwegian history spanning the years 800 to 2000. As the title indicates, Pryser's book has a social perspective on the period. [16]

In the same year, in 1981, Pryser also received a request from Professor Edvard Bull Jr. to write a volume in the work Arbeiderbevegelsens historie i Norge . Bull accepted that the assignment from Det Norske Samlaget had to be completed first. [17] When he was ready to contribute to the work, he was assigned volume 4, which covered the period 1935 to 1948, which began with the accession of Johan Nygaardsvold's government. At an editorial meeting in March 1986, there was a discussion about the structure of Pryser's contribution, where historian Jakob Sverdrup was critical, especially of Pryser's main scheme, where the occupation was analyzed from the concepts of cooperation, adaptation and resistance. [18] The book was published in 1988 as Klassen og nasjonen: (1935-1946), and received mostly good reviews. [19]

Board work in RHF

Pryser was appointed by the Norwegian Cabinet in December 1984 as a member of the Council for Humanistic Research (RHF), affiliated with the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (Norges almenvitenskapelige forskningsråd - NAVF) as a representative of the then district colleges. He was a council member of RHF for a total of six years, and it was a demanding position. In 1985, a total of 34 million kroner was distributed, and around 450 applications were processed. The literary scholar Atle Kittang was the chairman of the council, and Pryser was elected to the working committee and was given responsibility for handling the history applications, which gave him considerable influence. Pryser seems to have made a good effort for the district colleges in RHF, their percentage of applications for support was around 60, while the average overall was around 20. [20]

Pryser considers the most important project he participated in on behalf of the RHF was the series Handelsflåten i krig (The Merchant Navy at War), a total of five volumes, and he participated in the first meeting of the steering group in January 1987. In the early years, Professor Knut Einar Eriksen was the leader, while Pryser took over from the end of May/beginning of June 1991. The others in the steering group were Professors Olav Riste and Leiv Mjeldheim, with Arne Mathisen from the Norwegian War Sailors' Association. The book project was part of a project to make visible the efforts of the seafarers and the merchant fleet, at the state-owned shipping company Nortraship. For the Allies during World War II, this was Norway's most important contribution to the victory over Germany. The work in the steering group was demanding and there were many meetings, several of the authors of the various volumes were also behind schedule with the delivery of material. [21]

There was also internal conflict over the direction of the work. During a seminar at the Norwegian Maritime Museum in Oslo, Professor Arnljot Strømme Svendsen strongly criticized the title of the first volume, Nortraship : profitt og patriotisme, (Nortraship: profit and patriotism) as they saw profit as a derogatory term. The central union, the Norwegian Seafarers' Union, refused the historians from the project access to its archives, stating that "we do not trust the historians". It later emerged that the NSF had burned archive material, and there was speculation that the union wanted to hide its involvement in blacklisting seamen who were communists. In 1991, the first volume, Nortraship : profitt og patriotisme, by Atle Thowsen, was launched at a press conference at the Hotel Continental, where Pryser thanked Minister of Trade Bjørn Tore Godal, as chairman of the steering group. The following four volumes followed in the following years, and Guri Hjeltnes delivered the last, Krigsseiler : krig, hjemkomst, oppgjør, in 1997. It was received by Minister of Defence Jørgen Kosmo on behalf of the government, and the HIK project was completed after ten years of work. [22] The five-volume work received generally good reviews, both from professional historians and journalists. [23]

The Lillehammer Coup and Kai Holst

Kai Holst, photo taken a few days before he was found dead in Stockholm, June 1945 KaiHolst-last-photo-1945.jpg
Kai Holst, photo taken a few days before he was found dead in Stockholm, June 1945

In the 1980s, Pryser became aware that German signals intelligence agents had been picked up by Swedish intelligence in the May days of 1945 from the German Wehrmacht headquarters for Norway and the northern areas at Lillehammer and transported to Sweden. From there, a few weeks later, they were sent to the American occupation zone in Germany. This has later become known as the Lillehammer Coup, and was a collaboration between the Swedish intelligence agency C-byrån and the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS), referred to by the Americans as Operation Claw. [24]

In this connection, Pryser looked into the fate of Kai Holst, originally from Lillehammer. He was found dead in Stockholm in June 1945. The death is officially closed as a suicide, but Pryser believes Holst was murdered, and that his death can be linked to the Lillehammer coup. In 1994, Pryser wrote the book From Hot to Cold War: The Intelligence Coup in Lillehammer in the Days of Liberation 1945 and a Possible Murder about the case, which was updated and republished in an expanded edition in 2022. He has also mentioned Kai Holst in several of his other books. [25] [26] [27]

In June 2025, Tore Pryser was interviewed in a major article in the magazine Aftenposten Historie, about the death that has interested and engaged him for over 30 years. The article stated that Pryser, together with author Göran Elgemyr, Holst's niece Kari Heyerdahl-Larsen Høgset and Ulf Larsen, are working to have a public investigation of the case. [28]

Criticism of the prevailing version of war history

As a historian of Norway during World War II, Pryser has been critical of the previously prevailing version of Norway's war effort during the war and claimed, among other things, in 1998 that the framework for the historiography of the occupation has been narrow. [29] In December 2008, he claimed in the newspaper Klassekampen that Norwegian war history is unvarnished, one-sidedly national and deliberately obfuscating. He elaborated by claiming that war history is written in black and white, and that it is either about blackening those who joined the National Socialists, or glorifying resistance fighters in Milorg (the military resistance in occupied Norway) and Norwegian Independent Company 1 (Kompani Linge). [30] He has also stated that several companies went largely unpunished for their economic cooperation, so-called "economic high treason", with the German occupants. [31]

He further stated that the background to such biases is that a certain environment took control of the dissemination of history after the war: "The history of the war was a part of nation-building." [32] [33] [34] Pryser believes that there is a fundamental conflict in the view of the occupation period. On the one hand is what he calls the "Skodvin School" after Professor Magne Skodvin. These are historians associated with Norway's Resistance Museum and the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (Olav Riste). On the other hand are historians such as Svein Blindheim, Lars Borgersrud, Harald Berntsen and himself. [35]

Pryser claimed in 2008 that Jens Christian Hauge was the central strategist among resistance fighters affiliated with the Labour Party, that Norway's Resistance Museum sprang from this environment, and that they still convey a one-sided view of history. "We hoped that it would develop into a more critical institution when professional historians [like Arnfinn Moland] gained control. But it is still the interpretation of the Milorg leadership that dominates." He further believes that the consequences of this are that many topics have been little explored. [32]

Pryser has also dealt with the participation of Norwegian women during World War II and believes that their role has been forgotten. In 2007, he published the book Women in Secret Services, which deals with women who entered German service, Norwegian service, and women who were double agents. [36] Pryser also contributed to the Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945 , an encyclopedia published in 1995. [37]

German intelligence in Norway

In 2001, he published the book Hitler's Secret Agents, which dealt with a number of Germans and Norwegians who worked for the military intelligence service Abwehr, Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO), including the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) and the Gestapo. The book was very well received, and has been mentioned as a reference work for later research. [38] The book was considered groundbreaking as Norwegian occupation history had previously been reluctant to name Norwegians in German service. [39] In 2012, this research was expanded to include German secret services throughout the Nordic region. [40] He has also written about American secret services in the Nordic region during the war (in 2010) and British secret services in Sweden during the war (in 2025). [41]

Betrayal and gray areas

He has formulated an overarching theme for Pryser's research and publication on the German occupation of Norway in the years 1940–1945 as "betrayal and gray areas", and the formulation also appears in the titles of six of his books. While much of the historical presentation of the occupation period has been black/white - the bad guys in Nasjonal Samling (NS) and the good guys in Milorg - Pryser has observed and highlighted that much of the history of the occupation period is characterized by gray areas. The usual thing was not heroes and villains, but that most people in Norway adapted to the German occupation rule. Pryser believes that the background for writing history in black/white lies in nation-building after the war. Instead of a narrow national focus on heroes and villains, Pryser believes that it provides more knowledge to see the period in an international perspective. Then, according to him, one will see that Norway was largely a peaceful place, with very little physical resistance. Norway was one of the best places for German soldiers to serve. [42] The last book in what can be seen as a series is Cooperation, Adaptation and Resistance - More Betrayal and Gray Zones from 2023, where Pryser also attempts to summarize the impart project. [43]

Awards and distinctions

In 2008, Pryser was awarded the R&D Prize on the grounds that he is a prominent historical researcher in a national and international context, with a large and varied production. "In addition, Pryser has made significant efforts to build bridges between the research institution and the surrounding society". [44]

In 2016, Tore Pryser was awarded the King's Medal of Merit. [45]

Bibliography

References

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  9. ↑ "Offisielt frå statsrådet 8. november 2024" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Royal Norwegian Government. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2025. Med heimel i lov 8. mars 2024 nr. 9 om universiteter og høyskoler § 3-1 første ledd får Høgskolen i Innlandet status som universitet med namnet Universitetet i Innlandet frå 8. november 2024.
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  15. ↑ Pryser 2024, pp. 58–62
  16. ↑ "Norsk historie 1814-1860" (in Norwegian). Det Norske Samlaget . Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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  23. ↑ Jon Michelet, Arne Skouen, Werner Christie, Jan Christensen (1997). "Handelsflåten i krig 1-5" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen Damm. Retrieved 18 August 2025. Sagt om bøkene: Bind 1 Atle Thowsen: Nortraship - Profitt og patriotisme «Ikke bare godt, men fanden så godt» Jon Michelet VG; Bind 2 Bjørn L. Basberg: Nortraship - Konkurrent og alliert «Ærgjerrig verk om Nortraship» Arne Skouen Dagbladet; Bind 3 Guri Hjeltnes: Sjømann - Lang vakt «Grundig og godt dokumentert» Werner Christie Aftenposten; Bind 4 Guri Hjeltnes: Krigsseiler - Krig, hjemkomst, oppgjør «Herlig» Jan Christensen VG; Bind 5 Lauritz Pettersen: Hjemmeflåten - Mellom venn og fiende «Historien vi gjemte bort» Arne Skouen Dagbladet{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  25. ↑ Pryser 2001, pp. 62, 126
  26. ↑ Pryser 2010, pp. 159, 213
  27. ↑ Pryser 2024, pp. 132–138
  28. ↑ Arnfinn Mauren (23 June 2025). "Syv uker etter krigen ble en nordmann funnet død i Stockholm. Så ble det lagt lokk på saken". Aftenposten Historie (in Norwegian). Norway: 29–35. Retrieved 26 June 2025. I over 35 år har Göran Elgemyr forsøkt å løse gåten i sitt eget nabolag: Hvordan døde den norske motstandsmannen Kai Holst? [...] På 1980-tallet ble han interessert i norsk motstandskamp. Tilfeldigvis bor han også bare en to minutters biltur fra Rindögatan. [...] Etter at han laget to radioprogrammer på Sveriges Radio, løsnet det litt. De gamle heltene begynte å prate litt.
  29. ↑ ""Riktig å fortelle om NS-offiserene Historiker får oppreisning"". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Oslo: Dagbladet. 25 November 1998. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  30. ↑ Tollef Mjaugedal (23 December 2008). "- Har skapt et glansbilde" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Klassekampen. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  31. ↑ Sponberg, Ole Martin; Wangen, Ingvild Bjørklund (8 February 2005). "Tyskerarbeid god butikk" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  32. 1 2 ""-Har skapt et glansbilde"" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Klassekampen. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2008. 'Norsk krigshistorie er unyansert, ensidig nasjonal og bevisst tilslørende, mener historikere.'
  33. ↑ Johnsen, Lars West (12 October 2007). "Krigen om historien". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  34. ↑ Pryser 2024, pp. 296–300
  35. ↑ Pryser 2024, pp. 364–365
  36. ↑ Terje Valestrand (23 November 2007). ""Kvinner som spioner"" (in Norwegian). Bergen, Norway: Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 23 December 2008. De løy, anga, horet og bedro, akkurat som menn. Nå har en glemt yrkesgruppe i Norden fått sin bok: Kvinnene som agerte i de hemmelige tjenestene under og etter krigen. I likhet med menn, opererte de på alle sider, for Milorg, for Abwehr, for Sovjet og for britene. De spilte på sex, benyttet sitt kjønn og tappet maktens menn for nyttig informasjon. Så brakte de hemmelighetene videre, ved neste korsvei. [...] Noen av disse kvinnene ble kjent, noen fikk enten heltestatus eller det stikk motsatte. De aller fleste ble aldri nevnt og følgelig glemt. Det er deres historier som fyller historieprofessor Tore Prysers bok. Han har gjort grundige dypdykk i arkiver både i Norden og i USA og Storbritannia. Det er et pionérarbeid.
  37. ↑ List of authors of Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45 Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
  38. ↑ Pryser 2024, pp. 266–270
  39. ↑ ""Historieprofessor navngir norske Hitler-agenter"" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Dagbladet. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 23 December 2008. 'Boka er et banebrytende arbeid om tysk etterretning i Norge i åra 1939 - 1945 og deres aktive norske agenter. Okkupasjonshistorien har hittil vært tilbakeholden med å navngi nordmenn i tysk tjeneste.'
  40. ↑ Pryser 2024, pp. 375–378
  41. ↑ "Britiske hemmelige tjenester i Sverige - SOE og SIS-operasjoner 1940- 1945" (in Norwegian). Norli. 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025. Historikeren Tore Pryser har i mange år arbeidet med hemmelige tjenester i Norden under 2. verdenskrig. I 2001 utga han Hitlers hemmelige agenter, som handlet om nordmenn som arbeidet for tyskerne under krigen. Han fulgte opp i 2007 med boka Kvinner i hemmelig tjeneste, og i 2010 kom USAs hemmelige agenter. Den amerikanske etterretningstjenesten OSS i Norden under andre verdenskrig. Endelig kom i 2012 standardverket Tyske hemmelige tjenester i Norden. Spionsaker og aktører 1930-1950. Hovedkilden for Britiske hemmelige tjenester i Sverige 1940-1945 er Säpo-arkivet i det svenske Riksarkivet og SO-kilder fra National Archives i Kew, London. SIS-arkivet er derimot fortsatt hemmelighetsstemplet. Forfatteren advarer mot å legge for stor vekt på den selvbiografiske og til en viss grad heroiserende litteraturen om perioden. I tillegg til å avdekke hva britiske hemmelige tjenester faktisk drev med i og fra Sverige, er målet for forfatteren med boka å se på aktørene som sosiale grupper. Hva slags sosial bakgrunn og nettverk hadde de? Som en konsekvens av dette spares det ikke på biografiske opplysninger i boka.
  42. ↑ Pryser 2024, pp. 357–358
  43. ↑ Pryser 2024, pp. 409–411
  44. ↑ Juryen (20 June 2008). "Tore Pryser, professor ved Høgskolen i Lillehammer, ble i dag tildelt den første FoU-prisen for Oppland | Juryens begrunnelse" (in Norwegian). Lillehammer: Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen. Retrieved 28 September 2025. Tore Pryser har en lang forskerkarriere, og er i dag professor i historie ved Høgskolen i Lillehammer. Han er en markant historieforsker i nasjonal og internasjonal sammenheng, med en stor og variert produksjon. I tillegg har Pryser lagt ned en betydningsfull innsats for å bygge bro mellom forskningsinstitusjon og det omkringliggende samfunn. Prysers forskning har sitt tematiske tyngdepunkt i nyere historie ved vekt på sosialhistorie, mellomkrigstiden og andre verdenskrig. Hans virke inkluderer både store prosjekter som har høstet nasjonal og internasjonal oppmerksomhet, og lokalhistoriske studier som har kommet lokale historielag til gode. Prysers omfattende lokalhistoriske forskning i Oppland er publisert i årbøker, aviskronikker etc. Han har også vært en aktiv formidler av sin forskningsbaserte kunnskap, gjennom kronikker, intervjuer, foredrag og populærvitenskapelige seminarserier. I tillegg til forskningsproduksjonen har Pryser gjennom flere tiår vært pådriver for å utvikle samarbeidet mellom høgskolen og lokale historielag. De årlige seminarseriene som er et samarbeid mellom høgskolen og Fåberg og Lillehammer historielag, har hatt uvanlig stor oppslutning, og utvidet befolkningens forståelse for, og innsikt i, regional og lokal historie. Pryser var også initiativtaker til å etablere historisk arkiv for regionen. Det startet med opprettelsen av et arbeiderbevegelsens lokalarkiv på Lillehammer, og resulterte i Opplandsarkivet, som nå drives av museene i Oppland og Oppland fylkeskommune. Pryser har hatt sentrale faglige tillitsverv, blant annet i Forskningsråd og diverse faglige referansegrupper og komiteer. Prysers forskningsproduksjon har bidratt med vesentlig kunnskapsutvikling som angår samfunnet der innovasjoner skal skje. Nyere innovasjonsforskning vektlegger nettopp at et velutviklet sivilt samfunn med en generelt god kunnskaps- og kompetansebase synes å være et sentralt trekk ved innovative samfunn.
  45. ↑ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer" (in Norwegian). Oslo: The Royal House of Norway. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2025. 21.12.2016 Pryser, Tore: Professor Tore Pryser, Lillehammer, er tildelt Kongens Fortjenstmedalje
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