He was born in Namsos as a son of a sawmill worker . He finished secondary education at Trondheim Cathedral School in 1938 , and worked as a teacher in other towns . At the time of the Namsos Campaign , a part of World War II fighting in 1940 , he returned home . The Allied forces eventually lost the Namsos Campaign , Germany occupied Norway and Løfsnes joined the Norwegian resistance movement . He was arrested in 1942 , was imprisoned in Falstad concentration camp from June to July 1942 , was released and fled to Sweden in the same year . Here he led the mid-Norway department of the clandestine organization XU from the Norwegian legation in Stockholm from 1942 to 1945 . He was decorated with the King Christian X 's Liberty Medal contributing to the organization and funding of the rescue of 7220 Danish Jews to Sweden and the Norwegian Defence Medal 1940 – 1945 . In November 1945 he married Eva Marie Linge ( 1924 – 2010 )
King Christian X 's Liberty Medal
King Christian X's Liberty Medal
Knut Løfsnes