Hagbarth Schjøtt Jr.

{{Short description|Norwegian resistance member (1920–2001)}}

Hagbarth Schjøtt Jr. (25 February 1920 – 2001) was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II and later businessperson.

He was a son of businessperson Hagbarth Schjøtt Sr.[http://geelmuyden.info/slektstre/i96.htm#i9012 Genealogy] Before the Second World War he took a tailor's education. When the war reached Norway on 9 April 1940, with the German invasion, Utne volunteered and fought for Norway in the battles of Southern Norway. After Norway capitulated, he was a co-founder of the resistance group "Theta".{{cite news|title=Gjenspeiler byens historie|last=Rødland|first=Kjartan |authorlink=Kjartan Rødland |date=24 February 1995|work=Bergens Tidende|page=24|language=Norwegian}} The group was self-initiated in a circle of friends, but they lacked contacts, knowledge and materials to actually conduct intelligence work.{{cite news|title=Spilte gal for å overleve|last=Ask|first=Øyvind|date=9 September 2004|work=Bergens Tidende|page=33|language=Norwegian}} Other members of the group running "Theta" were Bjarne Thorsen, Kristian Ottosen, Helmer Dahl,{{cite news|title=Forsker, humanist og elektronikkfadder|last=Kirkeeide|first=Norman|author2=Valaker, Tormod|date=31 March 1999|work=Bergens Tidende|page=39|language=Norwegian}} Leif Utne and Jan Dahm. A radio transmitter was set up in December 1941, with its headquarters at the famous seaside location Bryggen.{{cite news|title=Dagen i dag – lørdag 4. desember|agency=Norwegian News Agency|date=2 December 1993|language=Norwegian}} "Theta" is best known for notifying the Allies in January 1942 about the presence of the German battleship Tirpitz in Åsenfjorden in Trøndelag.{{cite news|title=Minneord|last=Ottosen|first=Kristian|authorlink=Kristian Ottosen|date=6 December 2001|work=Bergens Tidende|page=26|language=Norwegian}}

"Theta" was unveiled in 1942, and the members had to flee Norway. Schjøtt hid in a ship that sailed to Oslo, and from there he fled via Sweden to the United Kingdom. From 1942 to the war's end in 1945 he served on a motor torpedo boat operating out of Shetland.

After the war he ran a business in ready-made clothing. He was a board member of the Federation of Norwegian Industries. After he lost his wife, he involved himself in the Norwegian Cancer Society. He died in 2001.