Thor O. Hannevig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian businessman
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Place of Birth: Åsgårdstrand, Vestfold, Norway
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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