Gunnar Dyrberg
Gunnar Dyrberg (12 November 1921 – 8 January 2012) was a member of the Danish resistance movement during World War II. He was a leader of Holger Danske, a Danish resistance group in the capital Copenhagen, from 1943 to 1945. After the war, Dyrberg became a public administrator, holding several appointed positions in government, and later a public relations executive in banking. For more than 40 years, he also owned and operated a horse farm, breeding and training Icelandic horses in Høsterkøb, North Zealand. From 1994 to 2000, Dyrberg published novels and memoirs based on his experiences in the Danish resistance movement.
Gunnar Dyberg | |
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| Born | 12 November 1921 Fåborg, Denmark |
| Died | 8 January 2012 (aged 90) Hørsholm, Denmark |
| Other names | Code names: Herman Olsen, Hermann Olsen |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, banker, public relations |
| Known for | Danish resistance fighter, post-war economic recovery leader, author, and editor |
He was featured in the 2003 Danish documentary film, With a Right to Kill (Med ret til at dræbe), based on the 2001 history by Peter Øvig Knudsen. The book and film were part of some of the first efforts by Danes to seriously study issues raised by the liquidation of 400 persons by the Danish resistance during the war. The film featured news footage, interviews with surviving agents and leaders of the Resistance movement, and reconstruction of known events. Dyrberg's Holger Danske group was also the subject of Flame and Citron (Flammen og Citronen, 2008), a Danish fictionalized dramatic film based on actions of its two most noted members, who were both killed by the Germans before the end of the war.