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Name
  
Knut Haukelid


Siblings
  
Sigrid Gurie

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Died
  
March 8, 1994, Oslo, Norway

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Books
  
Skis against the atom, Attack on Telemark: Formerly Titled Skis Against the Atom

Parents
  
Bjorgulv Haukelid, Sigrid Haukelid

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Knut Haukelid DSO MC (born May 17, 1911, in Brooklyn, New York, United States; died March 8, 1994, in Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian resistance movement soldier during World War II, most notable for participating in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage.

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Early life

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Knut Anders Haukelid’s parents were Bjørgulv and Sigrid Haukelid, a couple from Norway who were living in Brooklyn, New York, while Bjørgulv, a civil engineer, worked for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, a now-defunct operator of part of the New York City Subway (1902–1912). He was the twin brother of actress Sigrid Gurie. Since Haukelid and his sister were born in America, the twins held dual Norwegian-American citizenship. In 1914, the family returned to Norway. Haukelid subsequently grew up in Oslo, where his father worked as an engineer helping to lay out the Oslo Metro. In 1929, Haukelid came back to America to attend Massachusetts State College. He returned to Norway and later completed his education at the Dresden School of Technology and the University of Berlin. Returning to Norway, he worked for his father's engineering firm, Haukelid og Five.

World War II

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He joined the Norwegian Independent Company 1 (Norwegian: Kompani Linge) in 1941. During World War II Knut Haukelid and the Kompani Linge group, sabotaged the Nazi Germany controlled heavy water Vemork plant in Rjukan in a long-range raid which began at an airfield in England. On February 28, 1943, the demolition team entered the Norsk Hydro plant and set explosive charges. The heavy water produced at a facility in occupied Norway was vital for the Third Reich's participation in the nuclear bomb race. The British War Cabinet also ordered Haukelid to sink the Norwegian ferry SF Hydro carrying the containers of heavy water across Lake Tinn. The ferry was sunk with hidden explosives on February 19, 1944, killing 4 Germans and 14 Norwegian civilians.

Post-war life

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For his participation in these raids, Knut Haukelid received multiple awards including Norway's highest decoration for military gallantry, the War Cross with sword. He was awarded this decoration twice, in 1944 and 1947: the War Cross with two swords. In addition, Haukelid was decorated by the British with the Distinguished Service Order and later with the Military Cross.

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Haukelid graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1948. He served as major in the Telemark Infantry Regiment, and was later appointed Lieutenant General and head of the Home guard of Greater Oslo. Haukelid became a lieutenant colonel in the Army Infantry in 1959 and served as colonel and head of Greater Oslo Homeguard from 1966 until his retirement in 1974. At the time of his retirement, Haukelid was an active Lieutenant General (2 stars).

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Haukelid wrote his autobiography, Det demrer en dag in 1947 (revised edition 1953 under the name Kampen om tungtvannet). Other books such as Knut Haukelid's Skis Against the Atom and Thomas Gallagher's Assault in Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Program provide accounts of the Norway raid and Haukelid's participation.

Honors

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  •  Norway - War Cross with sword (1944)
  •  Norway - War Cross with two swords (1947)
  •  Norway - St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch (1943)
  •  United Kingdom - Distinguished Service Order
  •  United Kingdom - Military Cross
  •  USA - Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm
  •  France - Legion of Honor
  •  France - Croix de Guerre with Palm and Star
  •  Sweden - Commander of Order of the Sword
  • References

    Knut Haukelid Wikipedia