The Shetland bus was the popular name of the escape route established between occupied Norway and Shetland, operated by small fishing boats under often heavy North Sea conditions, operating at night, with no lights, and under constant risk of being shot at by German planes or boats, and possibly captured when reaching the Norwegian coast. The operation was under constant threat from German forces, including the organization resident in Norwegian, of which the Telavåg tragedy is the prime example.
Leif Larsen (popularily known as Shetland Larsen) was perhaps the most famous of the Shetland Bus men. In all he made 52 trips to Norway, and became the most highly decorated naval officer of the Second World War.
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