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Leif Andreas Larsen DSO, DSC, CGM, DSM and Bar (9 January 1906 – 12 October 1990), popularly known as "Shetlands Larsen", was a highly decorated Norwegian sailor. He was arguably the most famous of the men who operated the Shetland bus escape route during the war.
The true story of the Shetland bus, the clandestine traffic across the North Sea from German-occupied Norway to Shetland during the Second World War.A small group of Norwegian sailors loosely connected to the British Royal Navy take refugees from Norway to Shetland in small fishing boats, equipped only with small arms to protect themselves from German aircraft and patrol boats.
Helluland (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈhelːoˌlɑnd]) is the name given to one of the three lands, the others being Vinland and Markland, seen by Bjarni Herjólfsson, encountered by Leif Erikson and further explored by Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson around AD 1000 on the North Atlantic coast of North America. [1]
Leif Olsen (1927–2012), Norwegian footballer; Leif Panduro (1923–1977), Danish novelist and dramatist; Leif G. W. Persson (born 1945), Swedish criminologist, whistle-blower and novelist; Leif Segerstam (1944–2024), Finnish conductor and composer; Leif Shiras (born 1959), American tennis player; Leif Silbersky (1938–2024), Swedish lawyer ...
A memorial in Scalloway commemorating the Shetland Bus operation during the Second World War. The Shetland Bus (Norwegian Bokmål: Shetlandsbussene, def. pl.) was the nickname of a clandestine special operations group that made a permanent link between Mainland Shetland in Scotland and German-occupied Norway from 1941 until the surrender of Nazi Germany on 8 May 1945.
John Nilsen from Hetland; Carl Johan Oftedahl from Stavanger; Olav Ragnvald Olsson from Hetland; Arnt Plesner-Pedersen from Stavanger; In May 2021, Forsvarsbygg cut down the trees in the forest causing widespread condemnation. [7] This action resulted in a criminal complaint which is as of June 2021, still under investigation.
The High Chaparral is an American Western action-adventure drama television series that aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971, starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell. The series was made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, and was created by David Dortort , who had previously created Bonanza for the network.
The 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 28th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6 ...