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Knut Haukelid DSO MC (May 17, 1911 - March 8, 1994) was a Norwegian military officer. He was a Norwegian resistance movement soldier during World War II , most notable for participating in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage .
Mar 11, 1994 · Knut Anders Haukelid, a resistance fighter in World War II and one of the commandos who helped cripple Nazi Germany's atomic weapons program in Norway, died of heart failure Tuesday at Det...
Knut Haukelid was a Norwegian resistance leader and engineer who sabotaged the German heavy water production during WWII. He was born in New York, twin brother of actress Sigrid Gurie, and received many awards and honors for his actions.
- May 17, 1911
- March 8, 1994
Knut Haukelid (the only trained commando in the immediate area) was informed of the German plan to remove the heavy water, and was advised to muster support and destroy the shipment. Haukelid recruited two people, and they decided to sabotage a ferry which would be carrying the heavy water across Lake Tinn on the Tinnsjø railway ferry .
Mar 12, 1994 · Knut Anders Haukelid, 82, one of the “Heroes of Telemark” who helped cripple Nazi Germany’s atomic weapons program in Norway. During the height of World War II, Haukelid and eight other...
Knut Haukelid var en norsk motstandsmann og offiser. Han deltok i tungtvannsaksjonen på Vemork under andre verdenskrig. Ved krigens slutt fortsatte Haukelid i Forsvaret som yrkesoffiser og formidlet historier om krigen som forfatter og skuespiller.
Gunnerside is headed by second lieutenant Joachim Rønneberg (23) and otherwise includes second lieutenant Knut Haukelid (31), sergeant Fredrik Kayser (24), second lieutenant Kasper Idland (24), sergeant Hans Storhaug (27) and sergeant Birger Strømsheim (31).
