Einar Tufte-Johnsen

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Einar Tufte-Johnsen (19 August 1915 – 27 March 1985) was a Norwegian aviation officer. He was born in Porsgrunn to Einar Holm Johnsen and Ellen Andrea Olsen. He trained as a pilot in 1936 and graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1938. He worked as a flight instructor at Kjeller and, after Norway was invaded, helped evacuate the air force to Sweden. He then served as flight commander at Bardufoss during the Norwegian Campaign and joined the government in exile, traveling with HMS Devonshire to the United Kingdom and later to Little Norway in Toronto, Canada.

After World War II, he continued his military career and was promoted through the ranks: lieutenant colonel in 1947, colonel in 1951, major general in 1953, and lieutenant general in 1963. He was stationed in Bodø from 1956 as head of Luftkommando Nord-Norge. From 1966 he led the NATO Defense College in Paris and helped relocate the college to Rome in 1967. He was awarded Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1972.