Ottar Lie

[2] At the time he was also active in the Young Communist League (until 1923 the Labour Party youth wing).

[6] He was a member of the Communist resistance movement, as Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany from 1940.

[1] In the now-illegal Communist Party he was one of the leading figures together with Henry W. Kristiansen, Just Lippe, Johan Strand Johansen and Emil Løvlien.

[8] Eventually, together with Arne Gauslaa he led the party's organizational centre which had contact with communist resistance members who hid in the mountains.

[1] His brother Ivar Lie was also a communist resistance member, who managed to flee to Sweden.