LATVIAN HISTORY: REPORT OF RESEARCHING FOR ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE IN AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES ABOUT NORWEGIAN SOLDIERS LOST AND FORGOTTEN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN LATVIA-AN UPDATING OF THE REPORT

New information  has been presented in the book:» Deres ære var troskap. Nordmenn drept i tysk krigstjeneste» written by Eirik Veum, Geir Brenden and Torgeir Lindtvedt Dalen about Norwegian soldiers killed in action in Latvia during the Second Worls War. On the list published, the following names are presented:

-Johan Gustav Jæger.Age:29.Killed:1942

-Rudolf Oscar Olsen.Age:23.Killed:1942

-Gunnar Kjell Andersen.Age:21.killed:1944

-Kåre Thorleif Bakken.Age:28.Killed: 1944

-Arne Wilhelm Becker.Age:22.Killed:1944

-Anton Jensson Berg.Age:25.Killed:1944

-Kaare Bergersen.Age:27.Killed:1945

-Roald Berntsen.Age:19.Killed:1944

-Olav Herstad Christiansen.Age:19.Killed:1944

-Magnus Dale.Age:23.Killed:1944

-Knut Erichsen.Age:27.Killed:1944

-Erling Hjalmar Eriksen.Age:34.Killed:1944

-Halvard Espen.Age:20.Killed:1944

-Sverre Førstad.Age:23.Killed:1944

-Thomas Hersleb Gurholt.Age:22.Killed:1944

-Tor Gurstad.Age:20.Killed:1944

-Arild Hagen.Age:19.Killed:1944

-Edvard Julius Hermansen.Age:37.Killed:1944

-Svein Hjort Sørensen.Age:18.Killed:1945

-Ørnulf Hontvedt.Age:19.Killed:1945

-Povel Hvitfeldt.Age:46.Killed:1945

-Kristian Bjarne Håkonsen.Age:21.Killed:1944

-Kirill Karpow.Age:18.Killed:1944

-Ulf Otto Killingmo.Age:26.Killed:1944

-Arne Holger Krogstad.Age:17.Killed:1944

-Osvald Paulin Langeland.Age:21.Killed:1945

-Knut Larm.Age:29.killed:1944

-Hjalmar Wilhelm Larsen.Age:28.Killed:1945

-Rolf Einar Søren Singdahl Larsen.Age:33.Killed:1944

-Harris Lund.Age:18.Killed:1944

-Harry Lund.Age:29.killed:1944

-John Marius Lyngstad.Age:24.killed:1944

-Einar Thorvald Martinsen.Age:20.Killed:1944

-Nils Aamodt Meland.Age:30.Killed:1944

-Harald Georg Holter Mokastad.Age:25.Killed:1944

-Leif Marius Nilsen.Age:20.Killed:1944

-Harry Andres Osnes.Age:20.Killed:1944

-Peter Thomas Sverre Sandborg.Age:37.Killed.1944

-Frank Osvald Sevaldsen.Age:25.Killed:1944

-Haakon Roman Sundberg.Age:21.Killed:1944

-Eivind Syversen.Age:26.Killed:1944

-Kjell Johan Tobro.Age:24.Killed:1944

-Stefanus Margido Trulsen.Age:20.Killed:1945

-Lars K. Værland.Age:19.Killed:1944

-Rolf Normann Westlie.Age:23.Killed:1944

-Peder Wetteland.Age:25.Killed:1944

-Johannes Burckenmejer.Age:44.Killed:1944

-Bjørn Herwart Endemann.Age:25.Killed:1945

The names of the home towns where the soldiers came from are: Bergen, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Bodø, Søgne, Åmot/Hedemark, Haugesund, Sarpsborg, Vadsø, Gran/Hadeland, Trondheim, Namsos,Sandefjord, Drammen, Notodden, Sørum, Skedsmo, Inderøy, Ås, Arendal, Sør-Odal,  Østre Toten, Ålesund, Kristiansund, Åsnes, Rendalen, Vegårshei, Stavanger and Skien.

The soldiers came from all over the country.The youngest soldier was only 17. The oldest soldier was 46.