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Max Manus
Born
(1914-12-09)9 December 1914 Bergen, Norway
Died
20 September 1996(1996-09-20) (aged 81) Bærum, Norway
Allegiance
Norway
Years of service
1940–1945
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
Norwegian resistance movement Norwegian Independent Company 1 PWE SOE
Battles/wars
Winter War World War II
Awards
Distinguished Service Order Military Cross and Bar Medal of Freedom with silver palm Defence Medal War Cross with two swords Winter War Participation Medal Various American/Polish/Italian awards
Spouse(s)
Ida Nikoline Lie Lindebrække
(m. 1947)
Relations
Johan Magnussen Juan Manus (father), Gerda Kiørup (mother), Pia Manus (sister)
Other work
Shop assistant, sailor, author, businessman and personal protection officer
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Norway and World War II
Key events
Operation Weserübung
Norwegian campaign
Elverum Authorization
Occupation
Resistance
Camps
The Holocaust
Telavåg
Martial law in Trondheim (1942)
Festung Norwegen
Heavy water sabotage
Liberation of Finnmark
Post-war purge
People
Haakon VII
Crown Prince Olav
Johan Nygaardsvold
Halvdan Koht
C. J. Hambro
Carl Gustav Fleischer
Otto Ruge
Jens Christian Hauge
Gunnar Sønsteby
Vidkun Quisling
Jonas Lie
Gulbrand Lunde
Sverre Riisnæs
Josef Terboven
Wilhelm Rediess
Henry Rinnan
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Organizations
Milorg
XU
Linge
Osvald Group
Nortraship
Nasjonal Samling
Hirden
Statspolitiet
Sonderabteilung Lola
Maximo Guillermo Manus DSO, MC & Bar (9 December 1914 – 20 September 1996) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway. After the war he wrote several books about his adventures and started the successful office supply company Max Manus AS.
his adventures and started the successful office supply company MaxManus AS. Manus was born in Bergen, Norway in 1914, to a Norwegian father and a Danish...
Jr, the two had the children Max Jr. and Mette. A book about Tikken Manus was published in February 2009, Tikken Manus. Sabotørenes hemmelige medspiller...
for his portrayal of World War II resistance fighter Gregers Gram in MaxManus. Often appearing alongside Aksel Hennie, the two have been referred to...
Stars" by the European Film Promotion in 2004. In 2008, Hennie starred in MaxManus, where he played the Norwegian war hero of the same name. The film had...
Look up manus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Manus may refer to: Manus (anatomy), the zoological term for the distal portion of the forelimb of an...
directing the 2008 blockbuster movie MaxManus: Man of War, with Aksel Hennie in the leading role; the story follows Manus (Aksel Hennie) from the Winter War...
spread throughout Norway. According to Mitt liv, the autobiography of MaxManus (1995. N.W. Damm), the Linge Company was for a time counted amongst the...
Moland, Arnfinn, eds. (2008). MaxManus. Film og virkelighet (in Norwegian). Orion. pp. 81–91. ISBN 978-82-458-0879-7. Manus, Max (1945). Det vil helst gå...
garage in Oslo, on 14 August 1944, together with MaxManus, Gunnar Sønsteby and others. Together with MaxManus he succeeded in sinking the German troop ship...
done by the commonly owned company Bryggedrift AS. In 2010 a monument of MaxManus was moved away from Aker Brygge, after members of the Pelle group had...
when his character was included in the film MaxManus. He was portrayed by actor Christian Rubeck. Manus, Max (5 June 1987). "Kolbein Lauring (obituary)"...
Siegfried Fehmer, who was head of the Gestapo in 1945 in Oslo, in the film MaxManus on the Norwegian resistance fighters. The role of the smart ladies' man...
damage, Monte Rosa reached Aarhus in Denmark on 3 April. In June 1944, MaxManus and Gregers Gram, members of Norwegian Independent Company 1 (a British...
Year Title Role Notes 2004 Bare Bea Jørgen 2008 MaxManus Lars Emil Erichsen 2011 Varg Veum - Svarte får Asbjørn Søvold 2012 Kon-Tiki Torstein Raaby Journey...
driftfish generally found in open sea or close to the Portuguese man o' war MaxManus: Man of War, a 2008 Norwegian World War II film Portuguese man o' war...
March. Fehmer was the main antagonist in the 2008 Norwegian war film MaxManus, where he was portrayed by German actor Ken Duken. Nøkleby, Berit (2020-02-25)...
ambitious of the highest art of living." Sacred Books of the East: The Laws of Manus. Vol. XXV. Translated by Bühler, G. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1886. Ganganath...
underground army Milorg. In his autobiography, Norwegian resistance fighter MaxManus frequently mentions the Sten as one of the weapons his groups of commandos...
Ant and the Aardvark 26 Kjersti Holmen 65 Norway Actress Orion's Belt MaxManus: Man of War 27 Heinz Lieven 93 Germany Actor This Must Be the Place Remember...
kroner it is the second most expensive Norwegian film to date, behind MaxManus. Several British CGI studios were involved in the production of the film...
MD-80/90 in Norwegian Air Shuttle history". Retrieved 17 September 2009. "MaxManus halehelt på Norwegians nyeste fly". Boarding.no (in Norwegian). 11 March...