Ivar Navelsaker

Ivar Navelsaker
Born (1893-11-07)7 November 1893
Nordfjordeid, Norway
Died 3 February 1966(1966-02-03) (aged 72)
Molde
Nationality Norwegian
Occupation Military officer

Ivar Navelsaker (7 November 1893 – 3 February 1966) was a Norwegian military officer.

Navelsaker was born in Nordfjordeid to Ivar and Nille Navelsaker. He married Gudrun Cappelen in 1927.[1]

He graduated as military officer in 1917. He also studied business, and lectured at the Bergens handelsgymnas og handelsskole from 1918 to 1943.[1] During the Norwegian Campaign in 1940, Navelsaker was in command of the 2nd Battalion, Infantry Regiment 11, which fought at Dombås during the Battle of Dombås, when the Germans dropped a company of paratroopers in the vicinity of the railroad junction.[2] He was a prisoner-of-war from April 1943, interned in Grune, Schildberg and Luckenwalde, until the end of World War II.[3] From 1946 he served as colonel and head or the Møre Infantry Regiment.[1] He died in Molde in February 1966.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1948). "Navelsaker, Ivar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 385. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Ulateig, Egil (2014). Krigen fra himmelen. Fallskjermangrepet mot Dombås april 1940 (in Norwegian). Bergen: Vigmostad & Bjørke. pp. 70–73, 144–145. ISBN 978-82-419-1068-5.
  3. ↑ Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (2004). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 503. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
  4. ↑ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgavan 1964 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 619–626.
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