Peder Holt
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Peder Ragnar Holt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was the first person from Finnmark county to be the Governor of Finnmark, a position he held from 1948 until his death in 1963. He
Peder Holt (right) makes conversation Oberst A.D. Dahl in Vadsø during the Liberation of Finnmark
Liberation of Finnmark
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The Liberation of Finnmark was an Allied military operation lasting from 23 October 1944 until 26 April 1945, in which Soviet and Norwegian forces wrested away control of Finnmark, the northernmost co
Peder Holt
…he refused to support the Nasjonal Samling government. In 1943, Holt was drawn into the Norwegian government in exile's secret preparation for the liberation of Finnmark. On the way to such a meeting in Vadsø in May 1944, the freight vessel Holt was aboard was attacked by Soviet navy vessels, and the crew and passengers…
Soviets meet Norwegians sheltering in a mine in Finnmark
Kirkenes left burning by the Germans
Free Norwegian Forces march through Bjørnevatn in November 1944.