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Date of birth:

May 8th, 1910 (Norway)

Date of death:

June 1st, 1952 (Korea)

Buried on:

Norwegian War Graves Oslo

Nationality:

Norwegian

Arne Christiansen was a lieutenant and camp master for the Norwegian Field Hospital in Korea (NORMASH, in operation 1951–54). Shortly before he was due home after 8 months of service, he was shot in an ambush a few kilometers from the Norwegian camp together with two American police soldiers.

Arne Christiansen was the first Norwegian casualty during a UN military mission, and one of two casualties in the NORMASH operation in Korea. The other was Brita Reisæter, who died after a traffic accident in 1954.

During the war, Christiansen was a member of Kompani Linge. He returned to the UK at an early age after initially engaging in illegal activities in Norway. In 1942, he was sent back to Norway on two organizational and instructional missions. In 1943 he participated in missions along the Norwegian coast and in this connection crossed the North Sea 14 times. At the end of the war he operated in Norway, where he carried out two independent sabotage missions.

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