Arne Damm

Arne Damm (8 September 1894 – 2 December 1968) was a Norwegian military officer, publisher and travel writer. He managed, from 1930, the publishing house N. W. Damm & Søn that his grandfather had established in 1843.^[1][2]

Arne Damm
Born	(1894-09-08)8 September 1894 Kristiania, Norway
Died	2 December 1968(1968-12-02) (aged 74)
Alma mater	Norwegian Military Academy Norwegian Military College
Occupation(s)	Military officer, publisher and travel writer
Employer	N. W. Damm & Søn
Organizations	Norwegian Publishers' Association Norwegian Booksellers Association
Awards	Defence Medal 1940–1945

Personal life and military career

Damm was born on 8 September 1894 in Kristiania as a son of Harald Christian Damm (1847–1931) and Abigael Christiane Brinck Nissen (1863–1945). After finishing his secondary education in 1912 he graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1915 and the Norwegian Military College in 1917. He held the rank of Captain from 1930 and Major from 1937.^[1] During the German occupation of Norway he was arrested in June 1942, first in Møllergata 19 and then in Grini concentration camp. On 9 July 1942 he was interned in officers' prisoner camps in Schokken, Grüne, Schildberg and Luckenwalde.^[3] After the war he was decorated with the Defence Medal 1940–1945.^[1]

Business and literary career

In 1930 Damm commenced as managing director of publishing house N. W. Damm & Søn, a family business and also one of Norway's major publishing houses. Damm himself issued a number of books about travel and tourism; Friluftsliv (with Axel Printz, 1941), Look at Norway (1949, with Carl Just) and Oslo, Capital of Norway (1950). From 1939 to 1951 he edited Gløtt av Norge, photo books about Norway which were released intermittently. He was a board member of Hotel Bristol,^[1] deputy board member of the Norwegian Publishers' Association and Norwegian Booksellers Association.^[4]

He died in Oslo on 2 December 1968.^[5]

References

1. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Damm, Arne". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
2. "Hermon Forlag - Offiser og krigsfange" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
3. Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (1995). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 165. ISBN 82-00-22372-8.
4. Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Damm, Arne". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 159. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
5. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1968 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 625. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2020.