It says "drept" which I've only seen used in cases of murder. Even if my Norwegian is faulty, his death certificate should contain mode and manner of death (and not likely to be indexed and available online.)
Not so fast. If the following is true then we have to believe that a man murdered in 1946 didn't get buried until 1953?
Door County Advocate Date published: 1953-11-24 Volume: 92 Issue: 71 Edition: 1
Search for "phyllis heilman" in content Hit 1 of 1 found this
"...Mr and Mrs Fred Erdman, Mr and Mrs Henry Heilman, Mrs. Lizzie Bushman, and Mrs Minnie Woodard went to Washington Lsland for the funeral of Ole Erickson whose former wife Phyllis Heilman [was] a sister of the preceding people. She died in 1921...."