Ingvald Garbo was a Norwegian resistance member.

He was born in Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, to a mother from Bergen and a father from Førde

Førde

Førde is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center is the town of Førde which in 2010 had 12,035 inhabitants. The historic village of Bruland is located just east of the town of Førde...

. He married Sara Haugland (1897–1977) in 1924, and had two children. His son Gunnar Garbo

Gunnar Garbo

Gunnar Garbo is a Norwegian journalist, politician and ambassador. He represented the Liberal Party of Norway at the Norwegian Parliament during four electorial periods, from 1958 to 1973, and was leader for the party from 1964 to 1970...

, born 1924, was a notable politician.

He was a teacher by occupation. He also contributed to newspapers such as Bergens Arbeiderblad. 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 listened to illegal radio broadcasts from the BBC

BBC

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, and distributed the news among German soldiers. He was discovered by the Nazi authorities, arrested on 8 October 1941 and executed on 22 November 1941. He was the first Norwegian with a connection to the illegal press to be executed, and according to Berit Nøkleby

Berit Nøkleby

Berit Nøkleby is a Norwegian historian.She was born in Drammen, and is a cand.philol. by education. She has contributed to several books on the German occupation of Norway. She wrote book II and IV of the series Norge i krig I–VIII. Fremmedåk og frihetskamp 1940–1945...

's count the seventeenth overall.