Elias Corneliussen
{{Short description|Norwegian military officer (1881–1951)}}
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| caption = Elias Corneliussen (right) in 1941
| birth_date = {{birth date |1881|8|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kristiania, Norway
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|4|5|1881|8|3|df=y}}
| death_place = Tønsberg
| nationality = Norwegian
| occupation = Naval officer
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Elias Corneliussen, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (3 August 1881 – 5 April 1951) was a Norwegian military officer and an admiral of the Royal Norwegian Navy. He served as acting Chief of Defence of Norway from January to May 1946.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Elias Corneliussen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Elias_Corneliussen |editor=Henriksen, Petter|editor-link=Petter Henriksen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 November 2009 }}{{cite web |title=Forsvarssjefen |url=http://www.mil.no/fst/forsvarssjefen/start/sjefsrolle/ |publisher=mil.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=4 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915181931/http://www.mil.no/fst/forsvarssjefen/start/sjefsrolle/ |archivedate=15 September 2009 }}
Biography
Corneliussen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway on 3 August 1881. He was the son of Andreas Martin Corneliussen (1852–1916) and Clara Thinn (1856–1936).
He entered the Norwegian naval service in 1905. He served with the Naval Board of the Ministry of Defense (1909–13) and with the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (1913–22). Corneliussen was Head of the Admiral Staff (1934–37) and Chief (1937–40). He was a higher Norwegian naval officer during World War II. In June 1940 he arrived in the UK, where he became a Rear admiral and the chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1941.[https://snl.no/Elias_Corneliussen Einar Corneliussen] Store norske leksikon {{in lang|no}}
Corneliussen was decorated Commander with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1948. He was a Commander of the British Order of the Bath, and or the French
Legion of Honour.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Elias Corneliussen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Jon Anton |last=Johnson |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Elias_Corneliussen/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 November 2009}}
Corneliussen died in Tønsberg on 5 April 1951.
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Category:Military personnel from Oslo
Category:Royal Norwegian Navy World War II admirals
Category:Chiefs of Defence (Norway)
Category:Commanders of the Legion of Honour
Category:Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal
Category:Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
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