Norwegian Independent Company 1

"noor-ee-sehn") in Norwegian) was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) group formed in March 1941 originally for the purpose of performing commando raids during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.

Organized under the leadership of Captain Martin Linge, it soon became a pool of talent for a variety of special operations in Norway.

Martin Linge's death early in the war came to enhance the title, which became formalised as Lingekompaniet in his honour.

In cooperation with Milorg, the main Norwegian resistance organisation, communication lines with London were gradually improved during the war, so that by 1945, 64 radio operators were spread throughout Norway.

Damm), the Linge Company was for a time counted amongst the most decorated military forces in the United Kingdom during World War II.