Kasper Idland

Kasper Idland MM, (21 June 1918 – 25 May 1968) was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II.

[1] As Norway was invaded by Germany, Idland joined the Norwegian military forces at Sviland on 9 and 10 April 1940, and participated in the battles at Dirdal.

He was one of the four saboteurs who entered the Vemork facility right after midnight 27/28 February, where the team leader Joachim Rønneberg placed explosives on the heavy water cylinders.

[1] The group received supplies (weapons, ammunition and food) from parachuted containers delivered from allied aircraft.

Idland lived in Stavanger until 1955, when he moved to the United States and settled in East Farmingdale, New York.

The première of the documentary film Kampen om tungtvannet on 5 February 1948. Left to right: Knut Haukelid , Joachim Rønneberg , Jens Anton Poulsson (shaking hands with King Haakon VII ), Kasper Idland