- Born
- September 23, 1917
- Died
- December 25, 2009 (aged 92)
- Known as
- explorer, resistance fighter, military personnel, military officer
Knut Magne Haugland, DSO, MM, was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway, who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition.
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