Arne Saatvedt
Arne Braa Saatvedt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 June 1922 |
| Died | 20 October 1945 (aged 23) |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Treason |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Rank | SS and Statspolitiet officer |
| Unit | 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking 23. SS-Panzergrenadierregiment Norge Statspolitiet |
| Battles / wars | World War II[1] |
Arne Braa Saatvedt (18 June 1922 – 20 October 1945) was a Norwegian police official and member of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling who was sentenced to death and executed in 1945.
Saatvedt was born in Meråker Municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county. When he was 19, he volunteered the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking and 23. SS-Panzergrenadierregiment Norge. He joined the Statspolitiet in 1943, and served as interpreter and investigator at the German Sicherheitspolizei in Lillehammer.[1]
In the post-war legal purge, Saatvedt was sentenced to death on 14 August 1945, by Eidsivating Court of Appeal for illegal detention, torture, bodily harm, aggravated assault with dangerous tools and maltreatment of his own countrymen. Arne Braa Saatvedt was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress on 20 October 1945.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Torturerte sine landsmenn Veum: Dette er Gestapos verste norske sadister VG (in Norwegian)
- ^ Erik Veum: Nådeløse nordmenn: Gestapo. Biography, page 652 (in Norwegian) ISBN 978-82-489-1507-2
- 1922 births
- 1945 deaths
- Members of Nasjonal Samling
- Norwegian police officers convicted of crimes
- Norwegian Waffen-SS personnel
- Reich Security Main Office personnel
- Executed Norwegian collaborators with Nazi Germany
- People convicted of torture
- People from Meråker
- Police officers convicted of assault
- Police officers executed for treason
- People executed by Norway by firing squad
- Statspolitiet personnel