Carl Joachim Hambro

Carl Joachim Hambro (usually C.J. Hambro) (5 January 1885 – 15 December 1964) was a leading politician from the Conservative Party of Norway. He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1919 to 1957, party Chairman from 1928 to 1934, President of the Storting from 30 June 1926 to 10 January 1934 and from 21 March 1935 to 3 December 1945, and President of the Assembly of the League of Nations delegates in 1939-40 and 1946. [edit] Role in World War II The park in front of the Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament) features a statue of CJ Hambro

He played a crucial role at the time of the German invasion in 9 April 1940. He was one of the few politicians who really understood Hitler's ambitions toward the country. Learning from what had happened to Czechoslovakia in 1938, Hambro was prepared, and with only six hours advance notice, he managed to organize the escape of king Haakon VII and his family, the government, the parliament and the gold reserves of the Bank of Norway. They all left on a train commissioned by Hambro just 30 minutes before the Germans arrived in Oslo. They had been delayed by the sinking of the German cruiser Blücher.

In the days after the invasion, Hambro worked actively from Sweden's capital Stockholm to correct the image the American journalist Leland Stowe had portrayed of the situation in Norway. While in Sweden, Hambro also was instrumental in organizing the Norwegian underground resistance movement via telephone. [edit] Other information

His son was the politician Edvard Hambro.

He has a square in the centre of Oslo named after him, C.J. Hambros plass, in which are sited both the Oslo Municipal Courthouse and the Norwegian Police Force's Economic Crimes Division Headquarters.

• Oslo fylke, Oslo byfogd, Vigselsbok (borgerlig) nr. II 55 (1945-1946), Borgerlig viede 1946, uten sidenr. Carl Joachim Hambro / Gyda Martha Kristina Christensen - viet 7. februar 1946 - Oslo byfogd, Oslo.
• Gravferdsetaten i Oslo kommune