Martin Linge

Biography

Martin Linge was a Norwegian actor on the stage from 1918. He was not in the front rank as an actor but made some memorable performances in the plays of Ibsen, Garborg and Nordahl Grieg. Bit part player in some films before the war. As a captain in the army he joined the defense of Norway when the war came in the spring of 1940. Escaping to England, where he educated young soldiers for commando-raids. During such a raid towards Måløy in the end of December 1941, he was killed in action. His grandson, Espen Linge Haavardsholm, has written a biography about his famous grandfather.