Rolf Rynning Eriksen
 Rolf Rynning Eriksen  | |
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| Born | 1 November 1911 |
| Died | 7 March 1994 (Age 82) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
Rolf Rynning Eriksen was a Norwegian officer.
Second World War
Rynning Eriksen joined Vidkun Quisling's party in August 1940; four months after the German Wehrmacht had occupied the country. The source material that exists shows that he resigned in November of the same year.
He later switched side and became a leader in main resistance movement, Milorg.
Official history
In a triumvirate with Jens Henrik Nordlie and Jens Chr. Hauge, Rynning Eriksen dominated the official history of the events in and around the Second World War in Norway. He ended his singular military career as a research leader at the Norwegian Home Front Museum and the War History Council. Thus he was responsible for ensuring that "the results of his youthful unorthodox military merits could have their rightful place in the light of history".[1]
