Thor O. Hannevig - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Apr 20, 1891 Åsgårdstrand, Vestfold, Norway Died on 17 Feb 1975 (aged 83)

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About Thor O. Hannevig

  • Thor Olaf Hannevig (20 April 1891 – 17 February 1975) was a Norwegian shipmaster.
  • During the Norwegian Campaign in 1940 he was in command of an army unit called the Telemark Infantry Regiment, and this regiment was able to withstand the German forces until 5 May.
  • Hannevig later acquired a legendary heroic status, and his story was the basis of the 1993 Norwegian film The Last Lieutenant.Hannevig was born in Åsgårdstrand.
  • He had taken an 8-months' officer's course in 1915.
  • In addition to being a shipmaster, during his life he also owned a distillery, was an adventurer and a Freemason, and worked in a hotel, as a banker, a merchant, and a farmer.
  • He died in Skreia in 1975.
  • A monument was erected in Vinje to mark the centenary of his birth in 1991.

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