# Jomar Brun

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{{Short description|Norwegian chemical engineer (1904–1993)}}
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*Professor of electrochemistry }}
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'''Jomar Brun''' [MBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (18 June 1904 – 26 August 1993) was a Norwegian chemical engineer. 

==Career==
Brun graduated from the [Norwegian Institute of Technology](/source/Norwegian_Institute_of_Technology) in 1926, and worked for [Norsk Hydro](/source/Norsk_Hydro) from 1929.<ref name=heh-1973>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Brun, Jomar|encyclopedia=[Hvem er hvem?](/source/Hvem_er_hvem%3F)|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0085.html|page=85|language=no|access-date=11 January 2013}}</ref> He was central in the planning and running of the world's first industrial [heavy water](/source/heavy_water) plant at [Norsk Hydro Rjukan](/source/Norsk_Hydro_Rjukan). During World War II he was called to London, and contributed to the planning phase of [Operation Freshman](/source/Operation_Freshman) and [Operation Gunnerside](/source/Operation_Gunnerside), the [heavy water sabotage](/source/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage) at [Vemork](/source/Vemork).<ref name=ulstein-ETvol2>{{cite book | title=Harde år | series=Etterretningstjenesten i Norge 1940&ndash;1945 |first=Ragnar |last=Ulstein |author-link=Ragnar Ulstein |page=193 |volume=2 |year=1990|language=no |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo  }}</ref><ref name=njstd2012>{{cite book | title=Professor Tronstads krig |first=Olav |last=Njølstad |author-link=Olav Njølstad |pages=158&ndash;161 |year=2012|language=no |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |isbn=978-82-03-29307-8 }}</ref> He was decorated with the [Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire), and Officer of the French [Legion of Honour](/source/Legion_of_Honour). From 1951 he was appointed professor of [electrochemistry](/source/electrochemistry) at the [Norwegian Institute of Technology](/source/Norwegian_Institute_of_Technology) in Trondheim.<ref name=heh-1973/>

==Personal life==
Brun was born in [Trondheim](/source/Trondheim) on 18 June 1904, to Lorentz H. Brun and Ingrid Lysholm. He married Tomy Johanne Svingjom in 1941.<ref name=heh-1973/>

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Category:20th-century Norwegian engineers
Category:Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology
Category:Norwegian resistance members
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Officers of the Legion of Honour
Category:Norwegian recipients of the Legion of Honour

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