Ebbe Rørdam
{{short description|Danish resistance member}}
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| name = Ebbe Rørdam
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1925|01|10}}
| birth_place = Hvilsager
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1945|03|16|1925|01|10}}
| death_place = Denmark (unknown)
| death_cause = Skull fracture
| resting_place= Ryvangen Memorial Park
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| occupation = Officer trainee
| known_for = Killed as member of the Danish resistance movement
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| website = {{cite web | url= http://modstand.natmus.dk/Person.aspx?10282 |title=Modstandsdatabasen |location= Copenhagen |publisher= Nationalmuseet |work= Ebbe Rørdam |trans-title=Resistance Database | accessdate=2014-11-30 |language=Danish}}
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Ebbe Rørdam (10 January 1925 – 16 March 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance killed by the German occupying power.
Biography
On 16 March 1945, Rørdam died in connection with the sabotage of an ammunition train.{{cite web|url=http://www.mindelundenryvangen.dk/historie.html |title=Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen |trans-title=History - Ryvangen Memorial Park |publisher=Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs |accessdate=2014-11-16 |language=Danish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045124/http://www.mindelundenryvangen.dk/historie.html |archivedate=2014-11-29 }}
After his death
On 29 August, Rørdam and 105 other victims of the occupation were given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution and burial site in Ryvangen where his remains had been recovered. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.{{cite web|url=http://www.mindelundenryvangen.dk/historie.html |title=Historie - Mindelunden Ryvangen |trans-title=History - Ryvangen Memorial Park |publisher=Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs |accessdate=2014-11-16 |language=Danish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045124/http://www.mindelundenryvangen.dk/historie.html |archivedate=2014-11-29 }}
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Category:Danish civilians killed in World War II