{{Short description|Norwegian engineer and boat designer (1922-2007)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jan Herman Linge | image = Jan Herman Linge.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|1|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Trondheim, Norway | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|6|25|1922|1|28|df=y}} | death_place = Asker, Norway | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
thumb|Yngling designed by Jan Herman Linge '''Jan Herman Linge''' (28 January 1922 in Trondheim, Norway – 25 June 2007 in Asker, Norway)<ref name="NorwayPostDeath">{{Cite news|url=http://www.norwaypost.no/other-sports/boat-designer-linge-dies-at-85/print.html |publisher=Norway Post |title=Boat designer Linge dies at 85 |date=June 30, 2007 |first=Rolleiv |last=Solholm |accessdate=2007-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229171916/http://www.norwaypost.no/other-sports/boat-designer-linge-dies-at-85/print.html |archivedate=February 29, 2012 }}</ref> was a Norwegian engineer and boat designer.<ref name=nbl>{{cite web|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Jan_Herman_Linge|title = Jan Herman Linge|website= Norsk biografisk leksikon |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>
==Early life and career== Linge was born in Trondheim, Norway. He was the son of Martin Linge who was known for his war effort in Kompani Linge. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Martin_Linge|title = Martin Linge|website= Norsk biografisk leksikon |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>
He was a member of the merchant navy for two years before undertaking a naval architecture course while financing his studies by working in a shipyard.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?PID=8566 | title=Beppe Cruce presentation | publisher=ISAF | accessdate=2007-06-25}}</ref>
During World War II, he joined the Norwegian resistance movement and was trained as a saboteur in the United Kingdom. He was captured on a mission and spent some time in a German prison camp.<ref name="NorwayPostDeath"/> Linge completed his studies in 1949.<ref name="nbl"/>
==Design work== Linge was an engineer from 1949 to 1956 in Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted, and was responsible for the design of the Tjeld class patrol boat.<ref name="nbl"/> He later started his own boat design house, Jan H. Linge A/S, and has designed many recreational vessel for other companies.<ref> {{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Jan_Herman_Linge |title = Jan Herman Linge |website= Store norske leksikon |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> ==Sail boats== He was also a very active designer of sail boats. The designs by Linge are known by the "ling" suffix, such as Brisling, Firling, Fjordling, Gambling 34, Lærling, Mekling, Smiling, Wesling and Willing. The Soling was selected as Olympic class in 1968, and participated in 8 Olympic games. The Yngling became an international class in 1979, and an Olympic class in the Athens Olympics in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.yngling.org/yngling-description/|title = The Yngling Story |website= International Yngling Association |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> <ref name="NorwayPostDeath"/>
In 1998 he was made a Knight 1st Class in the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav.<ref name="nbl"/>
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== External links == * [http://www.seilas.no/wip4/detail_print.epl?id=153672 Jan Herman Linge død], seilas.no
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