Norway

The German forces continue to advance north from Trondheim. More Allied troops arrive in the north at Tromso and Harstad. This contingent is from the French Foreign Legion, the 13th Demi-Brigade, and the exiled Polish Carpathian Mountain Brigade.

Norwegian Ministers arrive in London and the Norwegian government-in-exile is established. The Norwegian gold reserve of £33 million arrives in London the next day.

In the Kattegat channel the minelaying submarine HMS Seal is damaged by a German mine and captured. All sensitive equipment was destroyed before the crew surrendered but the detonators on her torpedoes provide valuable information to German engineers as they are more reliable than enemy detonators.