Kjell W. Larsen

 Within Danygraig Cemetery, there is a section where Norwegians are buried.

The first military burial of 1941 is of Norwegian Sailor Kjell W. Larsen, who died on 1st February aged 18 years.

South Wales Daily Post
Information regarding Kjell Larsen is very limited.  There is, however, a newspaper article published in South Wales Daily Post, January 1941.

Two Norwegian seamen, appeared in court, on a charge of stealing a Wireless Set in Swansea.  Andreas Savdaal, a ships fireman, who was fined £10 including 10s for interpreter’s fees. 

The case of against Konrad Larsen were dismissed, when he appeared in a British naval uniform. 

Was this Konrad Larsen, Kjell Larsen, who died on the 1st February?

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