Resting place Ryvangen Memorial Park | ||
Full Name Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted Born 13 December 1915 ( 1915-12-13 ) Hellerup, or Ballerup Died 27 February 1945(1945-02-27) (aged 29)
Ryvangen Cause of death Execution by firing squad Known for Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement Spouse(s) Ruth Grigorow Binder (married until 1945) Parent(s) Gustav Hans Brøndsted and Frederikke Agathe née Stricker | ||
Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted (13 December 1915 – 27 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
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Biography
Brøndsted was born in Hellerup 13 December 1915 as son of teacher cand. theol. Gustav Hans Brøndsted and wife Frederikke Agathe née Stricker and baptized in Hellerup church on 5 March the following year.
On 27 February 1945 Brøndsted and nine other resistance members were executed in Ryvangen.
After his death
After a memorial service in Hellerup church 28 August 1945 Brøndsted was the following day together with 105 other victims of the occupation given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution site in Ryvangen. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.
The following year his father published the book Derfor blev han Frihedskæmper – Til minde om Karl Gustav Stricker Brøndsted.