Knut Hagrup (né Hagerup-Svendsen; 13 November 1913 – 15 May 2003) was a Norwegian aviator. He was born in Bergen to Henry Lie-Svendsen and Ebba Hagerup . He served with the exiled Norwegian Armed Forces and the Royal Norwegian Air Force in the United Kingdom from 1941 to 1945, as a pilot and a technical officer. He was assigned with the

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from 1946, and was manager of the company from 1969 to 1978. After his retirement he was appointed professor at the Northrop University in Inglewood, California. Among his publications are ''Flyet i fare'' from 1975, and his thesis ''How the aerospace-industry of western Europe will survive'' from 1981.

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1913 births 2003 deaths Norwegian aviators Norwegian Army Air Service personnel of World War II Norwegian World War II pilots Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel of World War II Norwegian Royal Air Force pilots of World War II Norwegian expatriates in the United States Military personnel from Bergen {{norway-bio-stub