Carl Johan Frederik Jakhelln (27 August 1914 – 1987) was a Norwegian diplomat and writer.

He was born in Andenne

Andenne

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, Belgium

Belgium

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, as the son of jurist and diplomatist Johan Fredrik Winter Jakhelln. The family lived in five countries when Jakhelln was young, and he took his first higher education at Sorø Academy

Sorø Academy

Sorø Academy is a boarding school and public gymnasium located in the small town of Sorø, Denmark. It traces its history back to the 12th century when Bishop Absalon founded a monastery at the site, which was confiscated by the Crown after the Reformation, and ever since, on and off, it has served...

 before moving to Norway. While a student at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

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, he was arrested for "spying" in 1941 during the German occupation of Norway. He was imprisoned at Møllergata 19

Møllergata 19

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 from 31 March to 28 June, and then in Grini concentration camp until November. He was then incarcerated in Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May, 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD...

 until the war's end in May 1945. Here he led a social life with prisoners of several nationalities. He was known for making crossword puzzle

Crossword Puzzle

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s, quizzes and other pastimes for fellow prisoners. After the war he issued the book 3 fra Sachsenhausen ('Three From Sachsenhausen') in 1945, together with August Lange

August Lange

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 and Olav Larssen

Olav Larssen

Olav Larssen was a Norwegian newspaper editor.He was a typographer by education. He edited the Labour Party newspapers Demokraten in Hamar from 1920 to 1927, and Hamar Arbeiderblad from 1927 to 1935. In 1935 he was hired as a journalist in Arbeiderbladet...

,, where his contribution was the chapter "Vinter i leiren" ('Winter in the Camp'). He also released the poetry collection Dikt fra Sachsenhausen ('Poems From Sachsenhausen'), together with Olav Dalgard

Olav Dalgard

Olav Dalgard, given name Olaf Hanssen was a Norwegian filmmaker, advocate of Nynorsk, and a literature and art historian....

, Bjarne Aanesen and Lars Magnus Moen

Lars Magnus Moen

Lars Magnus Moen was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1948-1951 and 1951-1953....

.

Jakhelln began working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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 in 1945. From 1948 to 1960 he worked for the United Nations

United Nations

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 in New York City

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, South Korea

South Korea

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, Laos

Laos

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 and Togoland

Togoland

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. He was then a counsellor at the Norwegian embassy in Denmark from 1960 to 1966, and then became consul-general in Marseille

Marseille

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 in 1966, Bremen

Bremen

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 in 1971 and Le Havre

Le Havre

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 in 1975. He lived in Alfaz del Pi in the latter phase of his life, and died in 1987.