Henry Gleditsch

Henry Cochrane Williamsen Gleditsch (9 November 1902 - 6 October 1942) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.

He was born in Kristiania. He made his acting debut in 1923, and in 1937 he established and took charge of Trøndelag Teater in Trondheim. He had a satirical style, provoking the authorities of the German occupation of Norway. People warned him and advised him to flee to Sweden, but he did not do this. [cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor=Dahl, Hans Fredrik |encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 |title=Gleditsch, Henry |url=http://www.norgeslexi.com/krigslex/g/g1.html#gleditsch-henry |accessdate=2008-07-16 |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |date= |year=1995 |month= |publisher=Cappelen |volume= |location=Oslo |id= |isbn= |doi= |pages= |quote= ]

Following skirmishes in Majavatn and sabotages in Glomfjord and Malm, conducted by the Norwegian resistance movement, martial law was declared on 6 October 1942 in and around Trondheim, in Nord-Trøndelag and in Grane. In a speech held on the city square of Trondheim, Josef Terboven declared an imminent crackdown on "those who pull the strings". [ [http://www.tkb.no/historie/Langhelle.htm Harald H. Langhelle (1890-1942)] no icon] Henry Gleditsch was executed as a propitiatory reprisal, near Falstad, together with newspaper editor and politician Harald Langhelle and eight other people.

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