[1] Tokle was born in Løkken Verk, a village in Meldal Municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

[3] In October 1942 he enlisted in the US army, serving first in the infantry and then in the 10th Mountain Division, where he joined an assortment of the finest skiers in North America.

Their numbers included Walter Prager, Peter Gabriel, Friedl Pfeiffer, and Ludwig Foeger.

While he and his ammunition carrier, Arthur Tokola, attempted to neutralize a German machine gun position with a bazooka, an enemy artillery round detonated the bazooka shells carried by Tokola on his back, killing both men.

[6] After his death, Torger's brothers Kyrre and Arthur E. Tokle moved to the U.S., becoming established ski jumpers and coaches.