Våre falne 1939-1945 is a biographical encyclopaedia with short articles on Norwegians who were killed due to war-related reasons during the Second World War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. The encyclopaedia was issued in four volumes from 1949 to 1951, by the Norwegian State, and contains around 11,000 biographies. The main editor was Arne Ording

Arne Ording

Arne Ording was a Norwegian historian and politician for Mot Dag and the Labour Party.-Pre-war life and career:...

, with Gudrun Johnson and Johan Garder being responsible for the biographies.

The editorial committee consisted of Aslaug Aasland, Gustav Natvig-Pedersen

Gustav Natvig-Pedersen

Gustav Natvig-Pedersen was a Norwegian philologist, educator and politician for the Labour Party. A school teacher and headmaster during his professional career, he served in Stavanger city council from 1922 to 1964 and three terms in the Norwegian Parliament; during one of these terms he was...

, Otto Lous Mohr

Otto Lous Mohr

Otto Lous Mohr was a Norwegian medical doctor.He was a professor of anatomy at the University of Oslo from 1919 to 1952, and served as rector from 1946 to 1952....

, Einar Diesen

Einar Diesen

Einar Diesen was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He was born in Bergen.Diesen was a journalist for the newspaper Aftenposten from 1921, and served as editor-in-chief for Aftenposten from 1948 to 1968. From November 1942 to 1945 he worked for the Norwegian government-in-exile in London...

, Erling Bryn and Markus Endresen.

The encyclopaedia has been made available on-line.