# Torstein Dale

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| awards = [Defence Medal 1940–1945](/source/Defence_Medal_1940%E2%80%931945)<br>[Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal](/source/Haakon_VII_70th_Anniversary_Medal)<br>[Order of St. Olav](/source/Order_of_St._Olav)
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'''Torstein Dale''' (8 May 1907&nbsp;– 18 March 1977) was a Norwegian physician and military officer. He served as president of the Norwegian Red Cross.<ref name="hvem73">{{cite encyclopedia |year=1973 |title=Dale, Torstein |encyclopedia=[Hvem er hvem?](/source/Hvem_er_hvem%3F) |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0118.html |access-date=24 September 2016 |editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn |page=118 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dale was born in [Bruvik Municipality](/source/Bruvik_Municipality) in [Søndre Bergenhus](/source/Hordaland) county, Norway. He was the son of Albert Martin Dale (1880–1959) and Oline Neset (1878–1954).  He graduated as [cand.med.](/source/cand.med.) from the [University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo) in 1934.<ref>{{cite web |title=Torstein Dale (1907–1975) |url=https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Torstein_Dale_(1907%E2%80%931975) |accessdate=June 1, 2017 |publisher=lokalhistoriewiki.no}}</ref> In 1962 he married Unn Motzfeldt Søiland.<ref name=hvem73/>

==Career==
Dale participated as a volunteer in the [Norwegian People's Aid](/source/Norwegian_People's_Aid) during the [Finnish Winter War](/source/Winter_War) (1939-1940) in the aftermath of the invasion by the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union). Following the [Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany](/source/Occupation_of_Norway_by_Nazi_Germany), Dale was head of the hospital at the [Norwegian Armed Forces in exile](/source/Norwegian_Armed_Forces_in_exile) in [Scotland](/source/Scotland), and he chaired the medical service during the [Liberation of Finnmark](/source/Liberation_of_Finnmark) in 1944.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Torstein Dale |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Torstein_Dale |editor-last=Godal |editor-first=Anne Marit |editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |language=Norwegian |accessdate=24 September 2016}}</ref>

Dale was promoted Major General and head of the [Norwegian Army](/source/Norwegian_Army) Medical Service (''Forsvarets sanitet'') from 1951 to 1972. He served as president of the [Norwegian Red Cross](/source/Norwegian_Red_Cross) from 1966 to 1975. He was decorated as Commander of the [Order of St. Olav](/source/Order_of_St._Olav) in 1968. Torstein Dale died during 1977 and was buried in the cemetery of [Vestre Aker Church](/source/Vestre_Aker_Church) in Oslo. Since his death, the Norwegian Red Cross  has awarded the Torstein Dale Memorial Prize (''Torstein Dales minnepris'')  in the memory of Dale.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jacob Børresen |title=Forsvarets sanitet |url=https://snl.no/Forsvarets_sanitet |accessdate=May 1, 2017 |publisher=Store norske leksikon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Norges Røde Kors |url=https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Norges_R%C3%B8de_Kors |accessdate=June 1, 2017 |publisher=lokalhistoriewiki.no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dale, Torstein |url=http://www.arkivportalen.no/side/aktor/detaljer?aktorId=no-a1450-01000001024054 |accessdate=June 1, 2017 |publisher=arkivportalen.no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gravferdsetaten I Oslo kommune |url=http://www.begravdeioslo.no/maler/grav/grave_id/95960 |accessdate=24 September 2016 |website=begravdeioslo.no}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Foreign support of Finland in the Winter War](/source/Foreign_support_of_Finland_in_the_Winter_War)

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