Erik August Lindhè Welle-Strand (2 June 1915 – 17 July 2001) was a Norwegian mining engineer and resistance member during World War II.
He also worked briefly as a coal miner for Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, before enrolling at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1936.
[1] He returned to Bergen in January 1940, stationed at an anti-air battery to guard the Norwegian neutrality in World War II.
[1] Skylark B was operated by students of the institute, and after technical difficulties in the initial phase,[3] they established regular contact with the intelligence in London in January 1941.
Members of the group included Haakon Sørbye, Bjørn Arnold Rørholt, Einar Johansen, Baard Gunnar Hjelde and Olav Skeie.
[2] Welle-Strand continued his resistance while based in the United Kingdom, and participated in raids towards the coast of Western Norway.