Sven Sømme

Sven Sømme (19 November 1904 – 2 December 1961) was a Norwegian zoologist and ichthyologist.

Sven Sømme
Born(1904-11-19)19 November 1904
Ringsaker, Norway
Died2 December 1961(1961-12-02) (aged 57)[1]
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)Zoologist
Ichthyologist
RelativesIacob Dybwad Sømme (brother)

He was born in Ringsaker to physician Jacob Dybwad Sømme and Helene Sofie Sørensen. He was a brother of zoologist Iacob Dybwad Sømme, and his sister Ingerid was married to ship owner Sigval Bergesen the Younger. He chaired the fisheries school at Aukra in 1940, and served as Norway's fisheries inspector from 1946 to 1952. He published works on fish biology, salmon migration and entomology.[1]

During the German occupation of Norway he was active in the clandestine intelligence organization XU.[2] After being caught by the German soldiers while photographing near a torpedo base on Otrøya (June 1944) he managed to escape from the guards at Åndalsnes. With the help of locals including mountaineer Arne Randers Heen he scrambled through the wild mountains between Isfjorden and Eikesdalen. He walked for days through the mountains to a hiding at Atnsjøen. He fled to Sweden and eventually arrived in the United Kingdom.[3]

Otrøya island (right hand) were Sømme photographed a torpedo base at Midfjorden.

His brother Iacob Dybwad Sømme was executed in March 1944.

Mountaineer Arne Randers Heen guided Sømme through the steep mountains from Isfjord to Eikesdalen (photo) and locals in Eikesdal helped him through the difficult terrain in from Eikesdal to Aursjøen lake. From there he walked across Norway to Sweden.

References
  1. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sven Sømme". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. Jacobsen, Alf R. (2015). 1945. Hat. Hevn. Håp (in Norwegian). Oslo: Vega forlag. p. 33. ISBN 978-82-8211-419-6.
  3. Sømme, Sven og Ellie Sømme Targett: Another Man's Shoes. Polperro Heritage Press, Clifton-upon-Theme, United Kingdom, 2005. ISBN 978-0-9549137-3-1.


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