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 () in 1956. Harjo was of Finnish descent. References 1910 births 1993 deaths People from Sør-Varanger Norwegian resistance members Norwegian memoirists Norwegian torture victims Norwegian escapees Escapees from German detention People convicted of spying Foreign Gulag detainees Norwegian people imprisoned abroad 20th-century Norwegian writers 20th-century memoirists Norwegian people of Finnish descent