Jacob Hvinden Haug

Jacob Hvinden Haug
Jacob Hvinden Haug in 1935
Born(1880-01-14)January 14, 1880
Christiania
DiedJune 2, 1961(1961-06-02) (aged 81)
AllegianceNorwegian
RankMajor General
CommandsNorwegian 2nd Division
Battles / warsNorwegian Campaign
Other workGrand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons

Jacob Hvinden Haug (14 January 1880 – 2 June 1961) was a Norwegian military officer and grand master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons.

He was born in Christiania. He was major general and commander of the Norwegian 2nd Division from 1936. During the Norwegian Campaign in the Second World War he was head of the operations at Mjøsa and in Gudbrandsdalen.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Jacob Hvinden Haug". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1948). "Hvinden Haug, Jacob". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 246. Retrieved 22 December 2013.