Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen


Herman Fredrik Zeiner-Gundersen was a general in the Norwegian Army. He served as Chief of Defence of Norway from 1972 to 1977.

Personal life

Zeiner-Gundersen was born in Helsinki to ship broker Herman Gundersen and Annette Zeiner-Henriksen, and grew up in Kristiania. He married Marit Pedersen in 1948. He resided at Blommenholm.

Career

Zeiner-Gundersen was a veteran from World War II. He participated as an artillery officer during the Norwegian Campaign in April 1940. Zeiner-Gundersen traveled in 1941 via Sweden, the Soviet Union and China to Canada. After a stay there he joined the Norwegian military mission in New York. In April 1942 he crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Britain, where he was connected to the artillery battery of the Norwegian Brigade in Scotland.
He was Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1977 to 1980.
Zeiner-Gundersen was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1977.