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Leif Larsen
Leif Andreas Larsen DSO, DSC, DSM and Bar, CGM (9 January 1906 - 12 October 1990), popularly known as Shetlands-Larsen, was probably the most famous of the men that operated the Shetland Bus escape route during World War II. He participated as a volunteer on the Finnish side during the Winter war and was a soldier in the defence of Norway during the German invasion at Kongsvinger Fortress.
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