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'''Knut Haukelid''' ([[May 17]] [[1911]] in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[United States]] – [[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]].
The twin brother of actress [[Sigrid Gurie]], he 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.
During [[World War II]] Knut Haukelid and his small band of Norwegian soldiers sabotaged the [[Nazi Germany]] controlled [[heavy water]] plant at [[Rjukan]] in a long-range raid which began at an airfield in England. The heavy water produced at a facility in occupied Norway was vital for the Third Reich' participation in the nuclear bomb race.
For his participation in this raid, Knut Haukelid received the [[War Cross with sword]].
When in 1969, Knut learned of his twin sister's death in Mexico from an [[embolism]], he also suffered an embolism, but recovered.
===In the Media===
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.
A largely fictional [[Hollywood]] account of the sabotage, ''[[The Heroes of Telemark]]'' (1965), starred [[Richard Harris (actor)|Richard Harris]] as Knut ''Straud''.
==See also==
*[[German nuclear energy project]]
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