Birger Strømsheim

Birger Edvin Martin Strømsheim, (11 October 1911 – 10 November 2012) was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II, especially noted for his role in the heavy water sabotage 1942–1943.

After the German occupation of Norway, together with his wife Aase Liv Strømsheim (1912-97), he fled in 1941 by boat to Shetland, determined to join the war effort.

[2] The combined team succeeded in the destruction of heavy water equipment and stock at Vemork in February 1943.

Strømsheim was awarded Norway's St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch after his return to United Kingdom in 1943.

[8] As a member of a four-man team from Norwegian Independent Company 1, Strømsheim participated in establishing a cabin that was used as base for sabotage actions against German supply lines in valley of Romsdal.