Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum was a Norwegian jurist and resistance member.

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as a son of Albert Gjerdrum

Albert Gjerdrum

Albert Ehrensvärd Gjerdrum was a Norwegian jurist.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum, nephew of Jørgen and Otto Gjerdrum and grandson of Ole Gjerdrum...

 and Olivia Kloumann. He was a grandson of Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum

Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum

Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum was a Norwegian jurist, businessperson and royal servant.He was a son of Ole Gjerdrum, and brother of Jørgen and Otto Gjerdrum. He was the father of Albert Gjerdrum...

, grandnephew of Jørgen and Otto Gjerdrum

Otto Gjerdrum

Otto Gjerdrum was a Norwegian businessperson.He was a son of Ole Gjerdrum, and brother of Jørgen and Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum. Through his sister Alette Jørgine Constanse Gjerdrum he was a brother-in-law of dean Halfdan Einar Sommerfelt. He was married three times...

 and great-grandson of Ole Gjerdrum

Ole Gjerdrum

Ole Eliassøn Gjerdrum was a Norwegian jurist, civil servant and businessperson.-Career:He was born in Stange. He was a clerk for the district stipendiary magistrate until 1811. He then worked in Copenhagen and studied law, but when Norway achieved independence in 1814 he returned to his country of...

. In 1926 in Lillehammer he married Aase Filseth, of Danish descent, a sister of Tyge

Tyge Filseth

Tyge Krabbe Filseth was a Norwegian marketing agent, known for co-founding two research institutions related to advertising....

 and Kaare Filseth

Kaare Filseth

Kaare Krabbe Filseth was a Norwegian newspaper editor who was killed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....

.

By occupation Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum was a barrister, a lawyer with access to Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Norway

The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...

 cases, like his father. The law firm was named A. Gjerdrum og C. F. Gjerdrum, and had its offices in the Oslo's main street Karl Johans gate

Karl Johans gate

Karl Johans gate is the main street of the city of Oslo, Norway. The street was named in honor of King Karl Johan, who was King of Sweden and of Norway....

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During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany

The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...

 he was involved in a broad spectrum of work for the Norwegian resistance movement

Norwegian resistance movement

The Norwegian resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms:...

. He supplied resistance members with faux passports and helped them cross the border to neutral Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, he was involved in intelligence gathering, in the illegal press and with unveiling Norwegian denouncers. When the Nazi police leader Karl Marthinsen

Karl Marthinsen

Karl Alfred Nicolai Marthinsen was the Norwegian commander of Statspolitiet and Sikkerhetspolitiet in Norway during the Nazi occupation during World War II....

 was assassinated by the Norwegian resistance on 8 February 1945, Gjerdrum was arrested together with thirty-three others, including Kaare Sundby

Kaare Sundby

Kaare Sundby was a Norwegian engineer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....

, Haakon Sæthre and Jon Vislie

Jon Vislie

Jon Asbjørn Vislie was a Norwegian lawyer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....

, as a reprisal

Reprisal

In international law, a reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of international law to punish another sovereign state that has already broken them. Reprisals in the laws of war are extremely limited, as they commonly breached the rights of civilians, an action outlawed by the Geneva...

. At Akershus Fortress

Akershus Fortress

Akershus Fortress or Akershus Castle is a medieval castle that was built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. It has also been used as a prison.- Construction :...

Gjerdrum was executed by gunshot on 9 February.