Lauritz Sand

Lauritz Sand
Born(1879-10-01)1 October 1879
Trondheim, Norway
Died17 December 1956(1956-12-17) (aged 77)
Bærum, Norway
AllegianceNetherlands
Norway
Service / branchRoyal Dutch East Indies Army
Norwegian resistance movement
Years of service1899–1906 (Netherlands)
1940–45 (Norway)
CommandsXU
AwardsRoyal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
Spouse(s)
Annie Elisabeth Maria Moll
(m. 1911)
Other workTopographer, estate owner in the Dutch East Indies, business man

Lauritz Sand (1 October 1879 – 17 December 1956) was a Norwegian topographer, military officer in the Dutch army, estate owner in the Dutch East Indies, business man and resistance pioneer of World War II. He was called the hardest tortured person in Norway during the war, and came to be an important symbol of the resistance against the Nazi regime.