Kristian Lerche Bøckman

Kristian Lerche Bøckman (11 March 1887 – 1974) was a Norwegian mining director.

He was born in Skånevik, finished his secondary education in 1905, attended the Norwegian Military Academy for one year, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with a mining degree in 1911. He worked as a mining engineer in South Africa from 1912 to 1915, then successively in Norway, Chile, Peru and Bolivia. He returned to Norway in 1928.[1]

From 1928 to 1934 he was a professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and from 1937 to 1944 he was the manager of Røros Copper Works.[1] During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was imprisoned in Vollan concentration camp from 13 June 1944, then in Grini concentration camp from 8 July 1944 to 13 March 1945. He was held in Mysen until the occupation's end in May 1945.[2]

From 1945 to 1957 he was the director of mining in Nordland county. He died in 1974.[3]

References

1. "80 år". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 March 1967. p. 7.
2. Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (2004). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 [Norwegians in Captivity 1940-1945 Alphabetical Register] (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 158. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
3. "Dødsfall". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 18 September 1974. p. 19.