A COLD WARRIOR DIES - THE MYSTERY OF OLA DAN EIDE

The fighter pilot and air intelligence officer Ola Dan Eide died during the most dramatic period of the Cold War. Norwegian attack plans against Soviet targets, tactical nuclear weapons and espionage are the backdrop to the story of Ola Dan Eide.
On the night of November 15, 1963, Ola Dan Eide is found dead in his room in command quarters G at Bodø main air station. Police officer Tore H. Sund enters room 106, but the body has already been taken away. There were clothes strewn across the floor, the bedclothes torn off, there is vomit and urine in the bed and blood spatter on the wall. On the front of the casket he sees an A, drawn in chalk. Photographs from Bodø Hospital show Ola Dan with large scratch marks on his neck, naked from the waist down.
Back home in Bardufoss, 25-year-old Gerd Eide is waiting for a phone call from Ola Dan. Late at night she receives the devastating news that her great love has been found dead. Gerd never tells the truth, not even to the couple's own daughter Berit.
After a short time, the police drop the case. The story of Ola Dan Eide and the suspicious death is forgotten - almost.
Gerd Eide dies of cancer in 2014. For Berit Eide Skjørtvedt, her mother's death is the start of the search for her own story. The story of Ola Dan has been Åsted Norge's cold case throughout the fall of 2025. A large number of tips have been received in the case that will be followed up by Åsted Norge in the spring of 2026.

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Dag Inge Korstad (b. 1970) has worked in the Air Force since 1990. He has his military education from the Air Force Academy and a master's degree from the Norwegian National Defence University. He also has a civilian education from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in history and social studies. In recent years, he has researched and immersed himself in Norwegian air force history, especially from the beginning of the Cold War. He has previously participated as a co-author in various professional books. This is his first independent publication.

Date: 20.01.26
Time: 18.00
Location: Biblioteket - Kimen

The event is free, but requires registration: https://stjordal-og-omegn-forsvarsforening.hoopla.no/event/1516836969