Egil Lindberg

{{Short description|Norwegian radio officer and Secret Intelligence Service agent during World War II}}

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Egil Lindberg (6 June 1906 – 25 June 1952) was a Norwegian radio officer and Secret Intelligence Service agent during World War II.

He had a background from the weather stations at Jan Mayen and Bjørnøya. From 1943 he operated the station Upsilon in Tromsø, with the primary goal of reporting on German warships, in particular {{ship|German battleship|Tirpitz||2}} and {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}}.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Nøkleby |first=Berit | encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945 |title=Lindberg, Egil |language=Norwegian |editor=Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |url= |accessdate= |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=248 }}{{cite book | title=Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940-1945 |first=Ragnar |last=Ulstein |author-link=Ragnar Ulstein |pages=178, 232, 239 |volume=2 |year=1990 |language=no |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-12421-2 }}