Arne Saatvedt

Arne Braa Saatvedt (18 June 1922 – 20 October 1945) was a Norwegian police official and member of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling who was sentenced to death and executed in 1945. Saatvedt was born in Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag. As a 19 year-old he volunteered the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking and 23. SS-Panzergrenadierregiment Norge. He joined the Statspolitiet in 1943, and served as interpreter and investigator at the German Sicherheitspolizei in Lillehammer.[1]

Arne Braa Saatvedt
Born(1922-06-18)18 June 1922
Meråker, Norway
Died20 October 1945(1945-10-20) (aged 23)
Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway
AllegianceNazi Germany
Years of service1941–1945
RankSS and Statspolitiet officer
Unit5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
23. SS-Panzergrenadierregiment Norge
Statspolitiet
Battles/warsWorld War II[1]

In the post-war legal purge he was sentenced to death on 14 August 1945, by Eidsivating Court of Appeal for illegal detention, torture, bodily harm, aggravated assault with dangerous tools and maltreatment of his own countrymen. Arne Braa Saatvedt was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress on 20 October 1945.[2]

References
  1. Torturerte sine landsmenn Veum: Dette er Gestapos verste norske sadister VG (in Norwegian)
  2. Erik Veum: Nådeløse nordmenn: Gestapo. Biography, page 652 (in Norwegian) ISBN 978-82-489-1507-2
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