Arvid Storsveen

Arvid Kristian Storsveen (9 July 1915 – 27 April 1943) was a Norwegian Military Officer and organizer of the secret agency XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation within occupied Norway during World War II.

This organisation, called 'XU', was started as early as July 1940 and became a reliable source of information for the Supreme Allied Commander in London.

After two years of dangerous work, Storsveen was forced to escape to neutral Sweden in July 1942, successfully evading the German units who were tracking him down.

Storsveen carried false documentation on his person; even after his death, the Gestapo never realised the true identity of the man they had killed and so his organisation was able to recover from the incident.

1st Lt. Storsveen was posthumously awarded Norway's highest decoration for military gallantry, the War Cross with sword.