Knut Haukelid 4381591 220952205 2008-06-22T11:01:09Z Arsenikk 1724762 copyedit {{references|date=June 2008}} '''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]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Haukelid, Knut}} [[Category:1911 births]] [[Category:1994 deaths]] [[Category:Norwegian-Americans]] [[Category:Military history of Norway during World War II]] [[Category:Norwegian military leaders]] [[Category:Military leaders of World War II]] [[Category:Norwegian resistance members]] [[no:Knut Haukelid]] [[sv:Knut Haukelid]]