DOCUMENTED HISTORY
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Articles, interviews and speeches
A curated gateway to articles, interviews and speeches by and about Bjørn Egge, with source context and links to the documented biography.
Read the story →Bjørn Egge and the death of Dag Hammarskjöld
Egge became an important witness in the history of the 1961 Ndola air crash that killed the United Nations Secretary-General.
Read the story →Bjørn Egge in the Congo
The Congo mission placed Bjørn Egge at the centre of one of the United Nations’ most demanding peace operations.
Read the story →The Kvarstad ships and D/S Charente
The 1942 attempt to reach Britain led to Egge’s capture and three years in German captivity.
Read the story →Bjørn Egge as a Nacht und Nebel prisoner
Three years in German captivity shaped Egge’s lifelong defence of human dignity and democratic responsibility.
Read the story →Bjørn Egge in Sonnenburg
Egge’s own account of Sonnenburg is one of the darkest chapters of his wartime story.
Read the story →Bjørn Egge in Sachsenhausen
Transferred from Sonnenburg, Egge remained a prisoner at Sachsenhausen in the final phase of the war.
Read the story →Bjørn Egge and the World Veterans Federation
Egge carried his experiences of war and captivity into international veterans’ and peace work.
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