Osvald Harjo

Osvald Harjo (30 September 1910 – 20 April 1993) was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II, and a prisoner in Soviet Gulag camps for more than a decade.

After being arrested and tortured by the Gestapo in 1942, he managed to escape from custody and fled into the Soviet Union.

Here, he was accused of being a German spy, and convicted to 15 years forced labour.

He was released in 1955, after pressure from the Norwegian Prime Minister during a visit in Moscow.

Paul Engstad wrote Harjo's memoir book Moskva kjenner ingen tårer (English: Moscow knows no tears) in 1956.