Kristian Welhaven, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian police chief
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Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway
About Kristian Welhaven
- Kristian Welhaven (11 October 1883 – 27 July 1975) was a Norwegian police officer.
- He was chief of police of Oslo for 27 years, from 1927 to 1954.
- He was a leading force in establishing an organized Norwegian intelligence service before World War II, and in re-establishing it after the war.
- During the war years Welhaven was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned in both Norway and Germany, before spending the remainder of the war as a civilian internee in Bavaria.
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