Sven Sømme

Sven Sømme (19 November 1904 – 2 December 1961) was a Norwegian zoologist and ichthyologist.

He was born in Ringsaker to physician Jacob Dybwad Sømme and Helene Sofie Sørensen.

He was a brother of zoologist Iacob Dybwad Sømme, and his sister Ingerid was married to ship owner Sigval Bergesen the Younger.

[1] During the German occupation of Norway he was active in the clandestine intelligence organization XU.

[2] After being caught by the German soldiers while photographing near a torpedo base on Otrøya (June 1944) he managed to escape from the guards at Åndalsnes.

Otrøya island (right hand) were Sømme photographed a torpedo base at Midfjorden .
Mountaineer Arne Randers Heen guided Sømme through the steep mountains from Isfjord to Eikesdalen (photo) and locals in Eikesdal helped him through the difficult terrain in from Eikesdal to Aursjøen lake. From there he walked across Norway to Sweden.