Background
Barfod, Jørgen Henrik Pagh was born on March 2, 1918 in Copenhagen. Son of Halfdan and Helga (Pagh) Barfod.
Barfod, Jørgen Henrik Pagh was born on March 2, 1918 in Copenhagen. Son of Halfdan and Helga (Pagh) Barfod.
Graduate, University Copenhagen, 1947.
Historian Danish Naval Ministry, 1947-1954. High school teacher Lyngby, Denmark, 1954-1979. Censor University Copenhagen, Arhus and Odense, 1969-1988.
Curator Museum Fight for Freedom of Denmark, 1971-1988.
Active Danish Resistance Movement, 1940-1944. Member of World Veterans Association Denmark (president since 2001), Danish Maritime History Association (member honorary), Gestapo Prisoners (president 1963-1974), Family Association Barfod 1952—2006, Society of Naval History (honorary. Founder 1951), Friends of Freedom Museum (honorary).
Married Sigrun Sams, April 27, 1947. Children: Halfdan, Gunner, Troels.