Kristian Fougner

Kristian Fougner, DSC (21 April 1919 – 30 August 2012) was a Norwegian engineer and resistance member.

Fougner was born in Halden to Bjørn Fougner and Ragnhild Klaveness. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1946.^[1]

While a student in Trondheim during the German occupation of Norway, Fougner took part in resistance activities for the intelligence organization XU, and for the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).^[2] He operated the SIS wireless station Leporis from 1942 to 1943.^[3]

For his war contributions, he was decorated with the Norwegian War Cross with Sword, and the British Distinguished Service Cross.^[1]