Gudmund Seland

Gudmund Seland (11 November 1907 – 1996) was a Norwegian resistance member and newspaper editor.

He was born in Flekkefjord.[1] He worked as a book printer before the Second World War,[2] but together with his brother Johannes Seland he was involved in the resistance movement during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.[1] He was arrested on 4 April 1944, and imprisoned in Kristiansand before sitting in Grini concentration camp from 5 August 1944 to 8 May 1945.[2]

After the war he became deputy mayor of Nes, serving as mayor from 1952 to 1956.[3] He was an editor for the newspaper Agder from 1954.[4] Seland also wrote books on local history.[1] He backed down and sold the newspaper in 1970.[5] He died in 1996.[1]

References

1. "Dødsfall". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 29 June 1996. p. 38.
2. Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). "13083. Seland, Gudmund". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 463.
3. Jensen, 1997: p. 185
4. Jensen, 1997: p. 162
5. Jensen, 1997: pp. 203–205

Bibliography

• Jensen, Egil Remi (1997). En by i verden – en avis i byen. 120 år med lokalavisen Agder (in Norwegian). Flekkefjord: Avisen Agder. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22.
• Hansson, Per (1965). Det største spillet (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal.