Reidar Haaland, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Reidar Haaland

Norwegian police officer

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1919

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1945

Profession: police officer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Reidar Haaland

  • Reidar Haaland (21 February 1919 – 17 August 1945) was a police officer and voluntary frontline soldier for the German forces. He hailed from Stavanger.
  • He was a member of Nasjonal Samling from 6 December 1940, and on 20 June 1941 he joined Den Norske Legion.
  • The legion became defunct in 1943, whereupon Haaland found work in Statspolitiet in Oslo.
  • Already in the autumn of 1943 he was transferred to Gestapo.Haaland was tried and found guilty of treason, torture, maltreatment and aggravated assault with dangerous tool.
  • He became the first Norwegian to receive the death sentence by the Supreme Court of Norway during the post-World War II trials.
  • Reidar Haaland was executed by firing squad on 17 August 1945 at Akershus Fortress, Oslo.

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