Knut Møyen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian resistance member
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Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Knut Møyen
- Knut Møyen (19 January 1907 – 20 March 1984) was a Norwegian economist and resistance member.
- He was born in Aker.
- After the German invasion of Norway in 1940 he participated in the Norwegian Campaign.
- From 1941 to 1942 he was a central organizer of the underground military organization Milorg.
- His "shadow" Jens Christian Hauge later eventually became the leader of Milorg.
- In 1942 he just managed to avoid being caught by the Gestapo, and fled to Sweden and later to the United Kingdom.
- In London he served at the Norwegian High Command.
- He was awarded St.
- Olav's Medal With Oak Branch and the Defence Medal 1940–1945.
- He died in Oslo in 1984.
- A memorial designed by Nils Aas was unveiled in Nordmarka in 1989.
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