Ludvik Buland
Ludvik Buland (1893 - 1945) was a Norwegian trade unionist. He chaired the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers, but was imprisoned during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
At the time of the German invasion of Norway in 1940, Buland was chairman of the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers. From September 1940, when Josef Terboven took control over Norway, he was also the deputy chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.[1]
However, on 3 April and 15 May 1941 Buland wrote two letters to Terboven, protesting the attempts on nazification in the Confederation of Trade Unions. Buland was incarcerated for a short period. In September 1941, he was arrested for the second time under martial law, following the so-called milk strike.[1] The milk strike occured on 9 September, and martial law was declared the next day. A local union leader, Rolf Wickstrøm, and high-ranking Confederation of Trade Unions official Viggo Hansteen were executed immediately, whereas Ludvik Buland, Josef Larsson and Harry Vestli were sentenced to death, but later reprieved and given a life-long jail sentence.[2] Buland was sent to a Nacht und Nebel camp, where he died in 1945, shortly before the war's end.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Pryser, Tore (1995). "Buland, Ludvik". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Oslo: Cappelen. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
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