Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II as part of Kompani Linge. He was born in Oregon, but grew up in Nord-Trøndelag after his family in 1917 moved back to Norway. His brothers Ingemar and Johnny were also resistance fighters.
At the onset of the war, Pevik worked as a technician. After the German invasion of the country in April 1940, he participated in battles in the area around Narvik. Through Odd Sørli he came into contact with the secret British WWII organisation Special Operations Executive.
On 10 September 1941 Pevik, Sørli and eight others were carried over to Great Britain by the fishing boat Vita to get military training by Kompani Linge. They returned on 8 February 1942 with a mission to establish the resistance organisation Lark in Trondheim.
In July 1944 Pevik was in Stockholm where he on 29 July shot and killed Swede Claes Bertil Warholm who was a German agent. The killing of Warholm may have been revenge for Warholm possibly having helped out with the arrest of Pevik’s brother Johnny who was later hanged.
On 14 March 1945, Pevik and others blew up the State Railways’ administrative building at Jernbanetorget in Oslo as part of operation ‘Betongblanding’ where the goal was to destroy the country’s main railway network to prevent German fores to return to Germany as Berlin was about to fall.
On 2 May 1945 he led the raid against the Police Department where 700 kilos of documents were brought to safety after the Nazis had begun destroying their archives.
When Crown Prince Olav returned to the country on 13 May 1945 and was driven through the streets of Oslo celebrating the end of the war, Pevik was the driver of the car, for which he was given H. M. The King’s Commemorative Medal. For his services during the war Pevik was also awarded the St. Olav’s Medal with Oak Branch and the British Military Cross.
After the war Pevik returned to Oregon where he died on 11 January 1978 aged 58.
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