{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person |name= Ingvald Eidsheim |image= |caption= |allegiance=Norway |rank=Kommandørkaptein<br />(Commander (N)) |commands=HNoMS ''Hitra''<br />HNoMY ''Norge'' |unit=Shetland Bus |family= |nickname= |birth_date=27 November 1909 |death_date= 23 February 2000 |birth_place= Hosanger, Norway |service_years= |other_work= |awards= }}

thumb|HNoMS ''Hitra'', Eidsheims old ship, in Scalloway, Shetland June 2003 '''Ingvald Olsen Eidsheim''' DSO, DSC (born 27 November 1909 in Hosanger Municipality, died 23 February 2000) was a Norwegian sailor and war hero. He joined the Shetland bus as the commander of ''Hitra''. He conducted 43 trips to Norway.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

After the war he worked as a civilian until he rejoined the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1948 and amongst other assignments commanded the Norwegian Royal Yacht ''Norge''.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

From 1950 he served on the Central Defence Command Staff and eventually headed the Norwegian Home Guard staff. Following his retirement he committed himself to the restoration of his old ship ''Hitra''.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

==Honours and awards== For his war efforts he received the highest Norwegian decoration, the War Cross with Sword,<ref>Erik Gjems-Onstad (red.): [http://www.nb.no/utlevering/contentview.jsf#&struct=DIV156 ''Krigskorset og St. Olavsmedaljen med ekegren''], Grøndahl og Dreyers Forlag, 1995, s. 155.</ref> the British Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Service Cross,<ref>«Britiske utmerkelser til norske og en svensk statsborger for fortjenester under krigen», ''Verdens Gang'', 21 July 1948.</ref> and the American Medal of Freedom.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

On 25 August 2007 Eidsheim was honoured with a monument on the pier of Eknesvågen in Lindås Municipality (now part of Alver Municipality). The monument was made by sculptor Arne Mæland and dedicated by Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}

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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" |- |War Cross with Sword&nbsp; |- |Defence Medal 1940–1945 |Distinguished Service Order |Distinguished Service Cross |Medal of Freedom |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.nordhordland.no/puls/article1501400.ece Web page on Eidsheim, from the newspaper ''Nordhordland'', 13 march 2005] * [http://www.scandion.no/hordaland/lindas/kjentfolk/eidsheim.html Web page on Eidsheim and the Shetland Gang]

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