Kai Holst
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Kai Christian Middelthon Holst (24 February 1913 – 27 June 1945) was a Norwegian seaman, fur farmer and resistance fighter during World War II.[12] When the leadership of Milorg was torn up by the Gestapo in 1942, he acquired a leading role in the organisation and participated in re-establishing the central leadership (Sentralledelsen, SL) of Milorg together with Jens Christian Hauge.[12][13] Holst had to flee Norway in the autumn of 1943[14][15][16] and stayed in Sweden until the liberation of Norway in 1945.
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Born | Kai Christian Middelthon Holst (1913-02-24)24 February 1913 Lillehammer[1] |
Died | 27 June 1945(1945-06-27) (aged 32)[2] Stockholm |
Cause of death | Pistol bullet to head, officially suicide[3][4] but many friends and colleagues suspected murder.[4][5][6][7][8][9] |
Body discovered | Top of stairway, apartment house, Gärdet |
Resting place | Vestre Gravlund, Oslo |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Education | Secondary school, vocational school[1] |
Occupation(s) | Seaman, fur farmer[1] |
Known for | Resistance fighter and suspicious circumstances regarding his death |
Spouse | Margarete Corneliussen[10][11] |
Parent(s) | Christian and Inga Holst (born Rasmussen)[1] |
Holst is remembered both for his work with the Norwegian resistance and for the circumstances surrounding his death in Stockholm in 1945.[2] Holst's demise was so much talked of at the time that the Milorg leadership issued a statement in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten in July 1945.[17] Swedish and Norwegian authorities officially concluded that Holst committed suicide,[3][4] but his family and many of his friends and colleagues were of the opinion that Holst was murdered.[4][5][6][7][8][9]