Hans Gabrielsen
Norwegian jurist and politician
Hans Julius Gabrielsen (8 January 1891–10 March 1965) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party. He is best known as County Governor of Finnmark and County Governor of Oppland, as well as Consultative Councillor of State for Finnmark Affairs in 1945.2
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Born Jan 8, 1891, died Mar 10, 1965.1
About
Gabrielsen played a central role in organizing the civilian side of Norwegian war effort in Northern Norway during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign. After the end of that campaign he led the Norwegian attempts at retaining some of their armed forces outside German control, before being arrested by the Germans and placed in concentration camp. After the war Gabrielsen became a cabinet member and led the early reconstruction efforts in the northernmost parts of Norway.
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Companies
- VinmonopoletChair 1958 to 196213
Early life and education
Early life and career
He was born in Kristiania as a son of district stipendiary magistrate Nils Harald Berg Gabrielsen (1856–1934) and Ragnhild Stenersen (1857–1938). He grew up in Hadeland, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1914. He worked as a deputy judge in Nes Municipality from 1914 to 1915, and as an attorney in Tana Municipality from 1915 to 1921. Here he married Sara Andersen (born 16 March 1896) in 1918. Gabrielsen was a secretary in the Ministry of Justice for one year, before being appointed district stipendiary magistrate in the Vardø District Court. In 1928 he became the County Governor of Finnmark.
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Career
Occupation: jurist, lawyer, judge, politician.6
Personal life
Legal issues and controversies
Arrest and imprisonment
On 17 June 1941 he was arrested by the Nazi authorities. He was incarcerated until April 1942 at Møllergata 19, and from 24 April 1942 to the war's end on 8 May 1945 he was imprisoned at Grini concentration camp. In the summer of 1942 both Gabrielsen and Lindbäck-Larsen were part of the so-called Forest Gang (Norwegian: Skogsgjengen) at Grini, which spent the summer days cutting down trees near the camp. The forestry work allowed easy access to food hidden in the woods by sympathizers, and messages could be smuggled in and out with little difficulty, making the Forest Gang the most popular assignment at Grini. During his time at Grini Gabrielsen also took part in secret debating meetings organized by journalists amongst the prisoners, where various aspects of the organizing of post-war Norway was discussed. Amongst the issues Gabrielsen discussed with fellow Grini inmates was the post-war reconstruction of Finnmark, most of the county having been laid waste during the German retreat in Northern Norway in 1944—1945. One important question with regards to the future reconstruction was whether or not the devastated areas should be rebuilt like they were organized before the war, or if they should be reformed with the future development in mind. With only the single exception of Finnkongkjeila in Gamvik Municipality the reconstruction ended up following the old pre-war population patterns.
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Awards
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- 1WikidataHans Gabrielsen on Wikidata
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- 13WikidataVinmonopolet, Chair