Arne Serck-Hanssen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian rower and physician
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Place of Birth: Løkken Verk, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
About Arne Serck-Hanssen
- Arne Serck-Hanssen (28 February 1925 – 27 November 2014) was a Norwegian rower and physician. He was born in Løkken Verk, a son of mining executive Klaus Serck-Hanssen and Gunvor Quenild, and grandson of physician and politician Klaus Hanssen.
- He represented the Oslo sports club Christiania RK.
- He participated in the coxed four event (as stroke) at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
- During the winter he participated in cross-country skiing and ski jumping.During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Serck-Hanssen was a part of the Norwegian resistance movement.
- He was arrested by the Nazi authorities in April 1942, imprisoned in Bredtveit concentration camp until June, then in Grini concentration camp.
- He was sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp in September 1943, and held there until the camp was liberated.Serck-Hanssen took his medical education at Durham University.
- He died in 2014.
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