Joachim Rønneberg Monument
The Joachim Rønneberg Monument is a memorial in the Norwegian city of Ålesund .
It is in front of Ålesund Town Hall on the north side of Keizer Wilhelms gate on the island of Nørvøy . It was built in 2014 in honor of the Norwegian resistance fighter against the German occupation of Norway in World War II , Joachim Rønneberg (1919–2018) and his comrades. Rønneberg excelled in particular in Operation Gunnerside , which was intended to prevent Germany from gaining access to the heavy water required to build atomic bombs .
The bronze sculpture was created by the sculptor Håkon Anton Fagerås and is the result of an initiative of the Rotary Club Ålesund Ost and the Aalesunds Museum and was financed, among others, by Sparebanken Møre , which paid one million Norwegian kroner . The result was a statue depicting Rønneberg in uniform, climbing a granite stone . Information on Operation Gunnerside and Operation Fieldfare and the names of the people involved are listed on the stone in Norwegian and English . The monument has a total height of three meters.
The monument was unveiled in front of several thousand people on August 30, 2014, Rønneberg's 95th birthday, by Joachim Rønneberg himself, Princess Astrid of Norway and the Ålesund mayor Bjørn Tømmerdal . Previously, the mayor and the chairman of the Ingrebrigt Holst-Dyrne committee formed for the memorial gave speeches. The British military attaché Matt Skuse, the French military attaché Tanguy Oliveau, the Norwegian admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen and the Sunnmøre police chief , Jon Steven Hasseldal were also present. Following the official program, the Volsdalen Children's Choir sang a birthday song for Joachim Rønneberg.
Web links
- UK represented at Rønneberg statue unveiling in Ålesund, Norway from September 1, 2014 on www.gov.uk
- Lena Stette Høyberg, Tusenvis møtte opp for å hedre krigshelten from August 30, 2014 on www.nrk.no (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charlotte Ervik, Tore Ellingseter, Alt klart for avduking av Rønneberg statue from August 29, 2014 on www.nrk.no (Norwegian)
- ↑ Joachim Rønneberg hedret of October 22, 2014 on alesund.kommune.no (Norwegian)
Coordinates: 62 ° 28 ′ 15.6 ″ N , 6 ° 9 ′ 17.1 ″ E