Lauritz Sand
Lauritz Sand | |
|---|---|
 Sand in 1945 | |
| Born | 1 October 1879 |
| Died | 17 December 1956 (aged 77) Bærum, Norway |
| Spouse |
Annie Elisabeth Maria Moll
(m. 1911) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Netherlands Norway |
Branch | Royal Dutch East Indies Army Norwegian resistance movement |
Service years | 1899–1906 (Netherlands) 1940–45 (Norway) |
| Commands | XU |
| Awards | Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav |
| Other work | Topographer, estate owner in the Dutch East Indies, business man |
Lauritz Sand (1 October 1879 – 17 December 1956) was a Norwegian topographer, military officer in the Dutch army, estate owner in the Dutch East Indies, business man and resistance pioneer of World War II. He was called the hardest tortured person in Norway during the war, and came to be an important symbol of the resistance against the Nazi regime.