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In his funeral, King Harald V participated, in addition to historian Knut Werner Hagen, who is about to write a book about
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team, received the War Cross with sword at this ceremony, while the other participants in the heavy water sabotage received the
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on 27 October 1918. His parents were Jens Jørgensen
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in Gaza. From 1961 he held various leading positions in the
Norwegian Army, and has been a colonel since 1968. He headed
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agents, among them several from the heavy water sabotage team, were paradropped over
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793:"Recommendations for Honours and Awards (Army)âPoulsson, Jens Anton"
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5 October 1944. Their mission was to establish fighting groups at
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745:(in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Gyldendal. pp. 201â212.
699:(in Norwegian). Vol. I. Oslo: Gyldendal. pp. 156â192.
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For his war contributions
Poulsson was decorated with the
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Erling Jensen; Per Ratvik; Ragnar
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Poulsson returned to Norway in 1944, participating in
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661:(in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 425â426.
609:(in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
897:Norwegian Special Operations Executive personnel
872:Recipients of the War Cross with Sword (Norway)
766:(in Norwegian). 28 October 2008. Archived from
825:"Tungtvannssabotør Jens-Anton Poulsson er død"
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882:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
519:"Vemork-aksjonist Jens-Anton Poulsson er død"
236:member, especially noted for his role in the
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551:"Obituary: Jens-Anton Poulsson"
527:(in Norwegian). 2 February 2010
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607:"Tungtvannsaksjonen pĂĽ Vemork"
338:Poulsson was awarded Norway's
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892:Norwegian resistance members
460:His Majesty The King's Guard
299:team he parachuted onto the
140:His Majesty The King's Guard
691:Erling Jensen; Per Ratvik;
440:Distinguished Service Order
204:Distinguished Service Order
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402:. Poulsson, along with
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633:"tungtvannssabotasjen"
559:(50, 856). London: 37.
499:"Poulsson, Jens-Anton"
470:from 1980–1982.
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504:Store norske leksikon
468:3rd Infantry Regiment
442:(DSO) as well as the
295:. As a leader of the
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144:3rd Infantry Regiment
103:Years of service
340:War Cross with sword
265:Heavy water sabotage
238:heavy water sabotage
234:Norwegian resistance
171:War Cross with sword
223:Jens-Anton Poulsson
22:Jens-Anton Poulsson
675:on 5 January 2010.
575:"Jens-A. Poulsson"
376:Operation Sunshine
370:Operation Sunshine
350:in Scotland, near
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154:Norwegian Campaign
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862:2010 deaths
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777:13 February
613:12 February
591:5 September
579:Helle, Knut
414:was called
344:King Haakon
329:heavy water
851:Categories
835:2 February
711:Manus, Max
531:2 February
480:References
360:Gunnerside
325:Gunnerside
81:Allegiance
55:1918-10-27
36:Haakon VII
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356:Rønneberg
291:) during
285:Norwegian
244:in 1968.
232:he was a
210:Relations
809:12 March
715:Mitt liv
713:(1995).
655:(eds.).
653:Sørensen
641:Hjeltnes
450:Post war
420:Sunshine
412:Sunshine
396:Notodden
216:(sister)
131:Commands
91:Service/
64:, Norway
649:Ringdal
645:Nøkleby
581:(ed.).
382:. Nine
354:. Also
279:in the
242:colonel
115:Colonel
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426:Awards
416:Milorg
392:Rjukan
348:STS 26
333:Vemork
297:Grouse
254:Rjukan
160:Awards
93:branch
85:Norway
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635:. In
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663:ISBN
637:Dahl
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456:UNEF
434:and
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69:Died
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49:Born
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