Who commanded the oldest of the Norwegian service branches in 1940?
Kristian Løken: Kristian Rikardsen Løken (31 July 1884March 1961) was a highly decorated Norwegian military officer who served in the Belgian "Force Publique" from 1907 to 1917, fighting German colonial forces in East Africa from 1914 to 1917, and went on to command a Norwegian Army infantry brigade during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War. Norwegian Army:  The Army is the oldest of the service branches, established as a modern military organization in 1628.
Kristian Rikardsen Løken