Martin Rasmussen Hjelmen

{{Short description|Norwegian sailor and communist activist (1904–1944)}}

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Martin Rasmussen Hjelmen (24 January 1904 – 30 May 1944) was a Norwegian sailor and communist activist.

He was from Øygarden,{{cite news |last=Borgersrud |first=Lars |author-link=Lars Borgersrud |date=27 April 2005 |title=Uklart om likvidasjoner |url=http://www.bt.no/meninger/kronikk/Uklart-om-likvidasjoner-2295510.html#.Uwt0g4VN-xo |newspaper=Bergens Tidende |access-date=25 February 2014 |language=no}} born in Herdla. He went to work at sea from the age of fifteen, and was based in Australia in the 1920s. Upon returning to Norway he settled in Ski.{{cite book|last=Ording|first=Arne|author-link=Arne Ording |author2=Johnson, Gudrun |author3=Garder, Johan|chapter=Hjelmen, Martin|title=Våre falne 1939-1945|publisher=Grøndahl|location=Oslo|year=1950|volume=2|page=321|chapter-url=http://da2.uib.no/cgi-win/WebBok.exe?slag=lesside&bokid=vaarefalne2&sideid=322&storleik=|access-date=21 August 2013}}

He chaired the Norwegian branch of the Wollweber League from 1936 to 1938. He was arrested in Sweden in February 1940, and later handed over to the Gestapo. He was sentenced to death and executed in Brandenburg in May 1944.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Borgersrud |first=Lars |author-link=Lars Borgersrud | encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945 |title=Hjelmen, Martin |language=no |editor=Dahl |editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor2-link=Guri Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor3-link=Berit Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor4-link=Nils Johan Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |editor5-link=Øystein Sørensen |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=175 }}

He was the first leader of the Osvald Group, until he in 1938 transferred to Saborg in Bergen.