Gunnar Christian Brøvig

Gunnar Christian Brøvig (30 August 1907 – 8 September 1944) was a Norwegian ship-owner and resistance member.

He was born in Farsund as a son of Tharald Brøvig, Sr. and Cecilie Catharina, née Hoff.[1] He had the much younger brother Harald Nikolai Brøvig[2] and the sister Andrea Brøvig, who married Olav Selvaag.[3] He had married Ragnhild Mørch in Borge in 1940, and they lived in Farsund. The couple had one child;[1] the son Tharald Brøvig, Jr.[4]

Brøvig had the cand.jur. degree, and after serving some time as a deputy judge he worked in the shipping business. From 1938 he was the leader of his father's company Th. Brøvig.[1]

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he worked with illegal transport of refugees from the Nazi regime. He was a member of the resistance within Sivorg.[1] He was arrested on 18 March 1944, and was incarcerated in Arkivet until 13 May, then in Grini concentration camp to 6 September 1944. He was then shipped on board the prisoner transport ship SS Westfalen.[5][6] On 7 September 1944 the ship sank off Marstrand, probably hit by a naval mine. Seventy-eight people aboard survived, but most of the Norwegian prisoners-of-war were casualties,[7] including Brøvig.[1]

References
  1. Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1949). "Brøvig, Gunnar Christian". Våre falne 1939-1945. 1. Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 368. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Brøvig, Harald Nikolai". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 90. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Selvaag, Olav". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 498. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. Helle, Knut (ed.). "Tharald Brøvig". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (2004). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 153. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
  6. "Fanger med etternavn som begynner på B" (in Norwegian). Stiftelsen Arkivet. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  7. Hjeltnes, Guri (1995). "Westfalen, D/S". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.


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