THE BOOK
From Nazi Night and Fog prisoner to peace advocate
Bjørn Egge survived Hitler's notorious Night and Fog system, Sonnenburg and Sachsenhausen. But survival was only the beginning.
He returned from the camps to become a Norwegian military officer, intelligence officer, UN peacekeeper in the Congo, military attaché in Moscow during the Cold War, Commandant of Akershus Fortress and President of the Norwegian Red Cross.
Told in his own voice, A Warrior for Peace is the extraordinary true story of a man who experienced tyranny at its worst – and spent the rest of his life trying to prevent it from happening again.
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A Warrior for Peace is part of the wider Bjørn Egge project — preserving his story through the book, documentary, historical archive and the development of an international film project.
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A life devoted to defence, freedom and peace—told by the man who travelled from war and captivity to military and humanitarian leadership.
About the book
Kriger for fred: Et liv for forsvar, frihet og fred follows Egge through war, captivity, military service and humanitarian work. It is memoir, historical testimony and a reflection on responsibility.
Relevance today
The book explores how experience of war can become responsibility for freedom, democracy and human dignity.
Behind the book
Egge wrote as participant, prisoner, officer and humanitarian leader. The memoir is both a personal source and part of the family archive’s broader evidence base.
English Reader Edition
The English Reader Edition of A Warrior for Peace is now available on Amazon Kindle. Apple Books, Kobo and Google Play Books will follow.
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Bibliographic details
First edition: Aschehoug, 1996.
Second edition: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen, 2005.
ISBN 978-82-92217-16-0.
From Book to Film
The memoir is a central personal source for the historical development of A Warrior for Peace →
Sources and archive
Quotations should identify edition and page. Details can be checked against the source register and family archive.
Bjørn Egge Family Archive
