Theo Findahl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Theo Findahl

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1891

Place of Birth: Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder, Norway

Date of Death: 19-May-1976

Profession: writer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Theo Findahl (24 August 1891 – 19 May 1976) was a Norwegian teacher, journalist and foreign correspondent.
Theodor Leonard Findahl was born in Tvedestrand in Aust-Agder, Norway.
He was awarded a philological degree at the University of Oslo (1917).
He worked as teacher until 1939, and from then as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper Aftenposten.
He is particularly remembered for his reports from Germany on 5 and 7 April 1940, when he was a news correspondent in Berlin.
These reports warned about the German attack on Norway, but the message was not taken seriously by the Norwegian Commanding Admiral.After the war, he was a foreign correspondent for Aftenposten in London, New York City and finally in Rome.
Among his books are Kloster og arena.
Streiftog i Spanien from 1926, Den gule keiservei.
Inntrykk fra Japan from 1933, Undergang.
Berlin 1939–1945 from 1945, and Lange skygger.
Dagbok fra krigens Berlin 1939–1945 from 1964.