Arvid Storsveen
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Arvid Storsveen (1915-1943), was the Norwegian organizer of XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation within occupied Norway during World War II. Storsveen participated in the fight against the German invasion forces in the spring of 1940.
After the Norwegian surrender he quickly saw the need for intelligence gathering for the allies, and started the XU in July 1940. Storsveen was forced to flee to Sweden in July 1942 as the Germans tracked him down.
He went back to Oslo in the spring of 1943 and due to a very unfortunate accident was found and killed by the Gestapo on April 27. Storsveen had false papers and the Gestapo were never able to reveal the true identity of the man they had killed, this was very fortunate for the XU organisation.
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