Mimi Sverdrup Lunden
/Overview
Mimi Sverdrup Lunden born Solund, Norway June 13, 1894 (d. 1955). Norwegian peace activist; feminist; educator, author, translator; anti-fascist 1930; promoted Nobel prize for Ossietsky; twice imprisoned WWII for aiding refugees; leader of Norwegian Peace Committee 1949; its principal delegate to International Peace Council Paris 1949; opposed atomic weapons and NATO, but resisted Communist takeover. (photo myheritage.com)