During the first winter Flemington House was used to train saboteurs and house agents and also accommodate incoming Norwegian refugees.
Norwegian refugees were canvassed for information about Stavanger, and for possible interpreters.
His part in the rescue of 19 Norwegian refugees was recorded in The Last Voyage of the SS Henry Bacon.
Representing glider used for selection of potential aircrew among Norwegian refugees in Sweden during last part of World War II.
During the Second World War, about 50,000 Norwegian refugees found their way to Sweden.
Police troops (Norwegian refugees trained in Sweden) were also airlifted from Sweden to Finnmark.
The Henry Bacon was in ballast and carrying nineteen Norwegian civilian refugees, including women and children, as passengers.
Orienteering sport saw an increasing interest among the Norwegian refugees in Sweden, and the sport was also part of the military training.
In 1943 he was hired as a priest for the Norwegian refugees there.
About 30 fishing vessels used by Norwegian refugees were gathered in Shetland.