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Bjørn Egge The Official Archive & Film Project
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The official family archive

A living historical archive

Photographs, documents, speeches, honours and audiovisual records—preserved with clear provenance and historical context.

Visual catalogue

Nine paths into the collection

Each future object can carry title, year, description, source, photographer, rightsholder, credit, category, period and related pages.

01

Photographs

2 published photographs

Family-album photographs and portraits with the available identification and context.

Archival family photograph from Norway in 1940.
Norway, 1940. From the Bjørn Egge family archive.
Bjørn Egge in the grey suit on the left, with an unidentified man in uniform. From an album labelled “Homecoming from Sweden, 1945”; identification of Bjørn confirmed by the family.
Bjørn Egge in the grey suit on the left, with an unidentified man in uniform. From an album labelled “Homecoming from Sweden, 1945”; identification of Bjørn confirmed by the family.
02

Letters & Documents

No catalogued objects yet

Written records are linked through the source register until individual objects are catalogued.

Related page, not yet a catalogued archive item: Sources and documents

03

War & Captivity

4 published photographs

Photographs connected to the 1940 campaign, the Kvarstad ships and Sonnenburg.

Archival wartime photograph from Northern Norway in 1940.
Northern Norway, 1940. From the Bjørn Egge family archive.
Archival wartime photograph of men on the deck of a ship.
The Kvarstad ships during the Second World War. From the Bjørn Egge family archive.
Archival photograph connected to Sonnenburg prison history.
Sonnenburg. From the Bjørn Egge family archive.
Archival photograph of damaged buildings connected to Sonnenburg prison history.
Sonnenburg. From the Bjørn Egge family archive.
04

Military Career

6 published photographs

Images from military training and later international service, including the Congo album.

Archival photograph of a helicopter in Congo in 1961.
Congo, 1961. From the Bjørn Egge family archive.
Archival photograph of the airfield at Mandro in Congo in 1961.
Mandro, Congo, 1961. From the Bjørn Egge family archive.
Archival road photograph from Katanga in Congo in 1961.
Katanga, Congo, 1961. From the Bjørn Egge family archive.
Group from an album labelled “Military Academy winter exercise, Torpo, 1946”; individuals are not identified.
Group from an album labelled “Military Academy winter exercise, Torpo, 1946”; individuals are not identified.
War graves photographed in an album labelled “Norwegian Brigade in Germany, 1949”; the cemetery is not identified.
War graves photographed in an album labelled “Norwegian Brigade in Germany, 1949”; the cemetery is not identified.
Industrial landscape from the Congo album, 1961; the person shown is not identified.
Industrial landscape from the Congo album, 1961; the person shown is not identified.
05

Red Cross & Humanitarian Work

No catalogued objects yet

Explore the documented humanitarian work while photographs are prepared for this category.

Related page, not yet a catalogued archive item: Humanitarian work

06

Speeches

No catalogued objects yet

Explore published articles, interviews and speeches while original recordings and manuscripts are catalogued.

Related page, not yet a catalogued archive item: Articles, interviews and speeches

07

Honours & Medals

1 published photograph

Photographs connected to honours; award documents are listed separately.

Related page, not yet a catalogued archive item: Honours and decorations

Bjørn Egge (centre) with three other decorated men; date, place and occasion are not confirmed.
Bjørn Egge (centre) with three other decorated men; date, place and occasion are not confirmed.
08

Film & Audio

No catalogued objects yet

Watch the documentary while audiovisual archive objects are catalogued.

Related page, not yet a catalogued archive item: Documentary

09

Press

No catalogued objects yet

Find biographies, selected images and the current bilingual fact sheet in the press room.

Related page, not yet a catalogued archive item: Press room

The new images are web-sized copies of material scanned by the family from the Bjørn Egge archive. The original files remain untouched. Album labels supply period and context where stated; unidentified people, exact places and photographers are not assumed.

ARCHIVE STANDARD

Provenance and reuse

Source

The published photographs come from the Bjørn Egge Family Archive unless another source is stated.

Dating and context

Years and locations are stated only where the archive documentation supports them. Uncertain identifications remain deliberately general.

Rights

Contact the project before publication, reproduction or commercial reuse.

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