Background
He was born in Etnedal as a son of chief physician Jacob Dybwad Sømme (1866–1923) and Helene Sofie Sørensen (1870–1955). His sister Ingerid Sømme married Sigval Bergesen the Younger, a son of Sigval Bergesen.
He was born in Etnedal as a son of chief physician Jacob Dybwad Sømme (1866–1923) and Helene Sofie Sørensen (1870–1955). His sister Ingerid Sømme married Sigval Bergesen the Younger, a son of Sigval Bergesen.
University of Oslo.
Sømme took his examen artium in 1919, studied zoology and was a research fellow for the Directorate of Fisheries from 1924 to 1926, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University in 1930 with the mag.scient. degree. He was a consultant for the Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers from 1931 to 1940, and spent much time on the research of freshwater fishing, particularly the biology of the trout. In 1941 he released his main work about trout, Ørretboka.
As well as the 1937 handbook Amatørfiske og sportsfiske i sjøen, it was revered by sport fishers.
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Sømme participated in the Norwegian resistance movement. In October 1942 he was discovered by a denouncer.
He was captured, incarcerated and tortured at Victoria Terrasse, later in Grini concentration camp from 31 October. He was sentenced to death in November 1943, by a court-martial (an SSund Polizeigericht) led by Hans Paul Latza.
He was executed at Trandumskogen on 3 March 1944 together with six other men, including sports official Osmund Brønnum.
Sømme was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.
He was an early member of the military organization Milorg, helped build up the organization and acted as its head of communications in South Norway.