Jacob Hvinden Haug (14 January 1880 – 2 June 1961) was a Norwegian military officer and grand master of the

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. He was born in Christiania. He was

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and commander of the Norwegian 2nd Division from 1936. During the Norwegian Campaign in the

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he was head of the operations at

Mjøsa Mjøsa is Norway's largest lake, as well as one of the deepest lakes in Norway and in Europe. It is the fourth-deepest lake in Norway. It is located in the southern part of Norway, about north of the city of Oslo. Its main tributary is the rive ...

and in

Gudbrandsdal Gudbrandsdalen (; en, Gudbrand Valley) is a valley and Districts of Norway, traditional district in the Norway, Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer (town), Lille ...

en.

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1880 births 1961 deaths Military personnel from Oslo Norwegian Army World War II generals Norwegian Freemasons Knights of the Order of Charles XIII {{Norway-mil-bio-stub