Alfred Meyer Henningsen (26 April 1918 – 12 September 2012) was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in Sør-Varanger Municipality as a son of fisherman Martin Henningsen (1873–1954) and his wife Hilda Marie Rydning (1888–1964).
[3] On the last journey he participated in the liberation of Northern Norway, where Norwegian troops cooperated with the Red Army.
[2] One day, Henningsen travelled down the Porsangerfjord in a small boat, which German troops managed to board.
After discarding the radio transmitter, Henningsen plunged into the water, was shot, managed to swim ashore but was captured here and taken prisoner-of-war.
[1] Henningsen became acquainted with Thor Heyerdahl during the liberation of Northern Norway, and in 1947 he was asked to join the Heyerdahl-led Kon-Tiki expedition.
[2] He also had a rather unsuccessful attempt to import muskox to Troms,[2] serving as board chairman of the company Norsk Moskus from 1969 to 1980.
[1] In 1989 the book Partisan og politiker was released; told by Alfred Henningsen and penned by Hans Christian Finstad.