Asbjørn Barlaup, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian journalist
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Place of Birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
About Asbjørn Barlaup
- Asbjørn Barlaup (31 January 1902 – 4 February 1989) was a Norwegian journalist. He was born in Trondheim.
- He worked in Adresseavisen from 1919, and later became subeditor of Morgenavisen.
- He was hired in Tidens Tegn in 1930, but resigned in protest in 1940 because of the German occupation of Norway and the Nazi usurpation of the newspaper.
- He instead joined the Norwegian resistance movement, fled in 1941 when he was in danger of being discovered, and worked until 1945 for the Norwegian High Command in exile.
- Based in London, he took part in Operation Archery.After 1945 he worked for the newspaper Verdens Gang.
- Already in the first year he hired Salo Grenning as an illustrator.
- He was awarded the Narvesen Prize in 1956.
- He was later information director in Elkem.
- He was an honorary member of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society.
- He died in 1989.
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