Egil Olbjørn

Egil Yngvar Olbjørn (3 August 1902 – 1 February 1982) was a Norwegian police leader.

He came to prominence during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, as a member of Nasjonal Samling and supporter of Jonas Lie.

To a certain degree he tried to resist German control, and was imprisoned for a short period in the autumn of 1944.

[2] Olbjørn is also known as a judge (together with Karl Marthinsen and Egil Reichborn-Kjennerud) in the special court that sentenced Gunnar Eilifsen to death in 1943.

[3] During the legal purge in Norway after World War II, Olbjørn was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour, permanent loss of his position, and partial loss of his civil rights for 10 years.