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  2. Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue - Wikipedia

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    Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue is a charity organization funded partly by membership fees, partly by donations, and partly by government subsidies. It employs 197 professional seamen, 60 at the head office in Oslo , and 14 in the regional branches.

  3. War Sailor - Wikipedia

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    Based on the true stories of the 30,000 Norwegian civilian sailors who participated in the Allied convoys during the Second World War, it follows two best friends from Bergen, one married and the other unmarried, who, in 1939, join the Norwegian merchant marine and are forced to stay at sea for the duration of the war without any ability to communicate with their families in occupied Norway.

  4. Bamse (dog) - Wikipedia

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    Bamse was bought in Oslo, Norway, by Captain Erling Hafto, the master of the Norwegian whale-catcher Thorodd, and he was taken to sea from an early age.In her childhood memories of pre-war Honningsvåg, Captain Hafto's daughter Vigdis remembers Bamse as a very kind dog that would look after the children while they were playing.

  5. Shetland bus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Norwegian armed forces in exile - Wikipedia

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    The Norwegian Brigade War Memorial in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.. The Norwegian armed forces in exile (Norwegian: Utefronten, lit. 'Outside Front') were remnants of the armed forces of Norway that continued to fight the Axis powers from Allied countries, such as Britain and Canada, after they had escaped the German conquest of Norway during World War II.

  7. Operation Claymore - Wikipedia

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    Operation Claymore was a British/Norwegian commando raid on the Lofoten Islands of northern Norway during the Second World War. The Lofoten Islands were an important centre for the production of fish oil and glycerine, used in the German war economy.

  8. German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin - Wikipedia

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    In 10½ months at sea she accounted for 28 ships, totalling 136,000 tons . Her most successful coup was the capture, on 14 January 1941, of most of the Norwegian whaling fleet in Antarctica, totalling three factory ships and 11 whalers. These were sent back as prizes to Europe, arriving in Bordeaux, occupied France in March 1941.

  9. Forsvarets Spesialkommando - Wikipedia

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    Forsvarets Spesialkommando (FSK) (English: Special Operations Command [1]) is a special operations force unit in the Norwegian Armed Forces. The unit was established in 1982 [2] due to the increased risk of terrorist activity against Norwegian interests, including the oil platforms in the North Sea. [3]

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