Date of birth:

January 9th, 1906 (Bergen, Norway)

Date of death:

October 12th, 1990 (Bergen, Norway)

Nationality:

Norwegian

Leif Andreas Larsen joined the Shetland Bus, the popular name for the clandestine naval operation in World War II between the Shetland Islands (Scotland) and Nazi-occupied Norway, in the Finnish Winter war.
In total he made 52 tours to Norway and back with fishing vessels and submarine chasers, transporting secret agents, weapons, radios and other supplies.
Larsen, known as 'Shetlands Larsen', became the highest decorated Norwegian in WW II
After the war Larsen had a major role in organising the naval branch of the Norwegian Home Guard.
In 1954 Leif Larsen played himself in the movie Shetlandsgjengen
There is a statue of him by the UNESCO site of Bryggen in Bergen.

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