Anne Margrethe Bang & Eva Klovstad

Unlike the others pairs in this project, Anne and Eva did not work together, or meet, they are grouped by both being from Norway and you'll totally want both!

Anne Margrethe Strømsheim/Bang

Anne was the only woman at the defense of Hegra Fortress in Norway, one of the last places to hold out against the Nazis. Working as a medic, the Germans saw her over the walls running around saving the soldiers, and called her Joan of Arc. She's also known as the "Lotten fra Hegra" The Lotten are a sort of Women's Home Defence organisation which still exists today.

Like so many of the survivors we've researched, Anne dedicated the rest of her life (til 94 years old!) working to make life better for the less fortunate as well as being a voice of the realities of the frontline.

Eva Kløvstad

Code name Jakob. Eva served in the Norwegian Resistance, climbing to leader of District 25 Milorg, with 1200 people under her command. After the leader Christian Juell Sandberg was shot, she rebuilt the entire network in Hedmark. At one point, her fiancee Tor discovered that the "Jakob" he had been receiving orders from was indeed his love, which,well, more than miffed him. Eva proudly marched at the end of the war, in uniform, beret and pistol, though wasn't allowed to do so in a march in front of the royal family, cause it's not appropriate to have girls there. Of course, duh.

Painter John Morris has painted on very intricate argyle socks, based on a photo of herself and various other Milorg, but they are sculpted flat so you don't have to, if you fear it! They can be plain or perhaps... stripey? spotty?