Andreas Rygg

Andreas Kielland Rygg (22 March 1909 – 2 April 1999) was a Norwegian military officer.

Andreas Rygg
Born(1909-03-22)March 22, 1909
Horten, Norway
DiedApril 2, 1999(1999-04-02) (aged 90)
Allegiance Norway
Service/branchRoyal Norwegian Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsDefence Medal 1940–1945
Order of the Sword
Order of Dannebrog

He was born in Horten, a son of naval commander Andreas Andersen and Nelly Kielland.[1] He finished secondary school in 1929[2] and graduated as a naval officer in 1932. He married Sofie Gram in 1937, daughter of stipendiary magistrate Harald Gram and sister of Gregers Gram.[1]

He served on several vessels, from 1939 as second-in-command of HNoMS B-6. In May 1940 he temporarily left naval service, being hired in the Ministry of Provisioning in the summer.[2] During the German occupation of Norway he established the clandestine organization for naval intelligence RMO, which operated from Oslo from the spring of 1942.[3] Rygg chaired RMO until he had to flee to Sweden in 1943, due to the German mass arrest of Norwegian military officers.[4] From 1943 to 1945 he served at the military office of the Norwegian Legation in Stockholm.[1]

He served as naval attaché in Stockholm and Copenhagen from 1948 to 1950, and assistant naval attaché in Washington D.C. from 1950 to 1952. He was Border Commissioner at the Norway-Soviet border from 1962 to 1969,[1] and then worked in the naval staff until 1974.[2]

He was decorated with the Defence Medal 1940–1945,[2] was a Knight, First Class of the Swedish Order of the Sword, and the Danish Order of Dannebrog.[1]

References
  1. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Rygg, Andreas Kielland". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 473–474. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. Svensholt, Hans K. (3 May 1999). "Andreas Kielland Rygg". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 11.
  3. Ulstein, Ragnar (1990). Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940-1945 (in Norwegian). 2. Cappelen. pp. 89–92, 306–309. ISBN 82-02-12421-2.
  4. Nøkleby, Berit (1995). "RMO". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 358. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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