Hugo Munthe-Kaas
Hugo Conrad Munthe-Kaas | |
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Hugo Munthe-Kaas - Minnemarkering på Lapphaugen i april 1995 DF 5019 | |
| Born | 3 February 1922 Norway |
| Died | 19 March 2012 (aged 90) Hovseter Hjemmet Oslo |
| Allegiance | Norway |
| Branch | Norwegian Army Royal Norwegian Navy |
| Years of service | 1940–1983 |
| Unit | 6th Division Norwegian Armed Forces in exile Secret Intelligence Service Westminster Dragoons Norwegian Army Command Germany |
| Commands | Garrison of Sør-Varanger |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Norwegian: War Cross with sword War Medal Defence Medal 1940–1945 with rosette Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal French: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour Croix de Guerre with bronze palm Médaille de la Reconnaissance for 1939-1945 British: Distinguished Service Medal War Medal 1939–1945 Defence Medal Atlantic Star United Nations: United Nations Service Medal for ONUC |
| Other work | Politician |
Hugo Conrad Munthe-Kaas DSM (3 February 1922 – 19 March 2012) was a Norwegian intelligence agent and resistance fighter during World War II. He received most decorations in Norway for his war service. From the 1970s he was active in the Progress Party, where he was a city council member in Oslo and deputy MP. He was an honorary party member.
Hugo Munthe-Kaas was a Norwegian intelligence agent and resistance fighter during World War II. Throughout the spring of 1940, at the age of 18, he fought against the German invasion. After armed resistance was crushed and the German occupation of Norway was established, he went to England, where he became trained and served as a secret agent of the British Intelligence Service.
In 1943, King Haakon VII decorated the 21-year-old Munthe-Kaas with the War Cross with Sword, Norway's highest medal for exceptional contribution in war. Great Britain honored him with their Distinguished Service Medal (DSM), the highest medal given to non-commissioned officers, and France presented him with their Legion of Honor and the War Cross.