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Norway and World War II
Key events
Weserübung Norwegian Campaign Elverum Authorization Midtskogen · Vinjesvingen Occupation · Resistance Camps · Holocaust · Telavåg Martial law in Trondheim (1942) Festung Norwegen Heavy water sabotage Post-war purge
People
Haakon VII of Norway Johan Nygaardsvold Carl Joachim Hambro Carl Gustav Fleischer Otto Ruge Jens Christian Hauge
Vidkun Quisling · Jonas Lie Sverre Riisnæs · Josef Terboven Wilhelm Rediess · Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Organizations
Milorg · XU · Linge Osvald Group · Nortraship
Nasjonal Samling
Supported legitimate exiled government.
Supported German occupants and Nasjonal Samling party.

Carl Joachim Hambro (usually C.J. Hambro) (5 January 1885 – 15 December 1964) was a leading politician from the Conservative Party of Norway. He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1919 to 1957, party Chairman from 1928 to 1934, President of the Storting from 30 June 1926 to 10 January 1934 and from 21 March 1935 to 3 December 1945, and President of the Assembly of the League of Nations delegates in 1939-40 and 1946.

Role in World War II

The park in front of the Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament) features a statue of CJ Hambro

He played a crucial role at the time of the German invasion in 9 April 1940. He was one of the few politicians who really understood Hitler's ambitions toward the country. Learning from what had happened to Czechoslovakia in 1938, Hambro was prepared, and with only six hours advance notice, he managed to organize the escape of king Haakon VII and his family, the government, the parliament and the gold reserves of the Bank of Norway. They all left on a train commissioned by Hambro just 30 minutes before the Germans arrived in Oslo. They had been delayed by the sinking of the German cruiser Blücher.

In the days after the invasion, Hambro worked actively from Sweden's capital Stockholm to correct the image the American journalist Leland Stowe had portrayed of the situation in Norway. While in Sweden, Hambro also was instrumental in organizing the Norwegian underground resistance movement via telephone.

Other Information

His son was the politician Edvard Hambro.

He has a square in the centre of Oslo named after him, C.J. Hambros plass, in which is sited both the Oslo Municipal Courthouse and the Norwegian Police Force's Economic Crimes Division Headquarters.

External links

Short biography of Hambro – From the homepage of user dagwood at ISP www.tdn.com (The Daily News, Longview, WA, USA)
(Norwegian) C.J. Hambro war efforts – From the NorgesLexi internet encyclopedia's Norwegian War Encyclopedia
http://home.no.net/pgjendem/artikler/pg_familien_Bjoerset.htm

Preceded by Éamon de Valera	President of the League of Nations 1939	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by N/A	President of the League of Nations 1946	Succeeded by none
Preceded by Ivar Lykke	Chairman of the Norwegian Conservative Party 1926–1934	Succeeded by Joh. H. Andresen
Preceded by Arthur Nordlie	Chairman of the Norwegian Conservative Party 1950–1954	Succeeded by Alv Kjøs

Presidents of the Assembly of the League of Nations

Paul Hymans (1920–21) · Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (1921–22) · Agustín Edwards (1922–23) · Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza (1923–24) · Giuseppe Motta (1924–25) · Raoul Dandurand (1925–26) · Afonso Costa (1926) · Momčilo Ninčić (1926–27) · Alberto Guani (1927–28) · Herluf Zahle (1928–29) · José Gustavo Guerrero (1929–30) · Nicolae Titulescu (1930–32) · Paul Hymans (1932–33) · Charles Theodore Te Water (1933–34) · Richard Johannes Sandler (1934) · Francisco Castillo Nájera (1934–35) · Edvard Beneš (1935–36) · Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1936–37) · Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1937) · Aga Khan III (1937–38) · Éamon de Valera (1938–39) · Carl Joachim Hambro (1939–40, 1946)

v • d • e Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Chairs	Jørgen Løvland (1901–21) · Fredrik Stang (1922–40) · Gunnar Jahn (1941–66) · Bernt Ingvaldsen (1967) · Aase Lionæs (1968–78) · John Sannes (1979–81) · Egil Aarvik (1982–89) · Gidske Anderson (1990) · Francis Sejersted (1991–99) · Gunnar Berge (2000–02) · Ole Danbolt Mjøs (2002–08) · Thorbjørn Jagland (1982–89)

Members	Løvland (1901–21) · Lund (1901–12) · Bjørnson (1901–06) · Steen (1901–04) · Horst (1901–30) · Carl Berner (1905–18) · Hagerup (1907–20) · Hanssen (1913–39) · Koht (1919–44) · Stang (1921–40) · Konow (1922–24) · Knudsen (1924) · Mowinckel (1925–36) · Thallaug (1931–33) · Lange (1934–39) · Jahn (1938–66) · Braadland (1938–48) · Vasbotn (1938–39) · Hambro (1940–63) · Tranmæl (1940–63) · Lange (1945–48) · Oftedal (1946–47) · Ingebretsen (1946) · Lionæs (1949–78) · Natvig-Pedersen (1964–66) · Langhelle (1964–67) · Lyng (1964–65) · Wikborg (1965–69) · Ingvaldsen (1967–75) · Refsum (1967–72) · Rognlien (1967–73) · Sanness (1970–81) · Hovdhaugen (1973) · Aarvik (1974–89) · Haugeland (1974–84) · Lindebrække (1976–81) · Germenten (1979–84) · Anderson (1982–93) · Sejersted (1982–99) · Nordli (1985–96) · Stålsett (1985–2002) · Sandegren (1990–96) · Kristiansen (1991–94) · Kvanmo (1991–2002) · Rønbeck (1994–) · Berge (1997–2002) · Kostøl (1997) · Ytterhorn (2000–) · Mjøs (2003–08) · Furre (2003–08) · Five (2003–) · Jagland (2009–) · Valle (2009–)

Secretaries	Christian Lous Lange (1901–09) · Ragnvald Moe (1910–45) · August Schou (1946–73) · Tim Greve (1974–77) · Jakob Sverdrup (1978–89) · Geir Lundestad (1990–)

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