Rolv Hauge

Rolv Hauge, MC (born 1 July 1915) was a Norwegian army officer. He was born in Bergen, a son of Jørgen Ingjeldsen Hauge and Randi Urheim. During the Norwegian Campaign in 1940 he took part in the defence of Rjukan. After travelling to the United Kingdom, he joined the Norwegian Armed Forces in exile and was given the command of No. 5 Norwegian Troop of the . His unit took part in Operation Infatuate in 1944. He continued his military career after World War II, lectured at the Norwegian Military Academy from 1945 to 1946, studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences from 1946 to 1948, and commanded a field artillery battalion of the Norwegian Army Command Germany in 1949. From 1967 to 1972 he headed the Norwegian field artillery regiment 3. Among his war decorations were the St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch and the British Military Cross.
 
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