Arne Laudal (25 September 1892 – 9 May 1944) was a Norwegian military officer, Milorg pioneer and resistance fighter during World War II.
Born in Holum, Vest-Agder, Arne Laudal was the son of Bent Løvdal and his wife Ragnhild.
[3] He was among the pioneer leaders of the undercover military organisation Milorg, building up the Southern Norway district (labeled D 18, covering the Agder counties).
[4] He was arrested by the Germans in December 1942, tortured at Arkivet in Kristiansand, transferred to the Grini detention camp, sentenced to death and shot at Trandumskogen in May 1944.
[5][6] The crackdown of the Milorg district in Southern Norway by Gestapo in December 1942 led to the death of more than fifty men.