Label Gjefsjøakevitt – Operasjon Rype 1945 – Design Heidi Holje
Label design and graphic artwork by artist Heidi Holje. In the village Kapp by the lake Mjøsa, Heidi works with different types of art, design, graphic artwork and painting. She is also a lecturer in upper secondary school and arranges different types of courses in art and painting.
The design is based on original maps from Operasjon Rype. The routs from the saboteurs is printed on the label. Some of them also from pencil drawings on the original maps, now in the collection atthe defence museum in Trondheim. Dropzone at Gjefsjøen lake and the crashsite after the Libarator at the Plukkutjønnfjellet mountain is also marked. In the back side of the bottle you can read the story of Operasjon Rype.
“PP Clear” is used as material for the label. It is transparent to make the right effect. Printing by Skipnes Kommunikasjon in Trondheim.
Design and grephic artwork by Heidi Holje. 
Gjefsjøakevitt label – back side – history of Operasjon Rype – design Heidi Holje 
Label design by Heidi Holje
WW2 sabotage
Operasjon rype
In the last months of the war during spring 1945. Gjefsjøen Mountain Farm was a central location as part of the sabotage operation "Operasjon Rype". The saboteurs had their headquarter at the farm. Operasjon Rype's mission was to sabotage the railroad through Trøndelag and Snåsa. Today Home Guard's task force "Rype" is named after the operation.
Restoring of Operasjon Rype's headquarter
OSS Gjefsjøen
The building which was headquarter for Operation Rype was in bad shape after standing empty for years. OSS Gjefsjøen are now restoring the building. The association OSS Gjefsjøen will convey the story of Operasjon Rype which in the final phase of World War II operated from its base on Gjefsjøen mountain farm. The building will be restored in the original appearance from when Operasjon Rype was carried out.
Licour based on local herbs and plants from Gjefsjøen
Gjefsjøakevitt (Aquavit)
Distilled at Inderøy Brenneri (distillery) based on pure water, plants, herbs and botanicals from Gjefsjøen Mountain Farm. Made as a tribute to the heros from Operasjon Rype who had their base at Gjefsjøen in the end og World War II.
