In November 1942, a small British commando unit landed near Florø in a classified operation to destroy a fish oil processing plant that the German occupiers had commandeered for the war effort. Fish oil was a valuable industrial commodity — used in explosives, lubricants, and food production — and the Nazis had put Norway's coastal facilities to work for the Reich. The commandos came ashore in darkness, set charges, and blew up the factory before making their escape by sea.
The raid was one of several Allied commando operations along the Norwegian coast during the occupation, intended to disrupt German logistics and demonstrate that the occupation was not without cost. Today there is no dedicated memorial, but the story is part of local memory and documented in Norwegian wartime histories. It's a reminder that even a small and remote town on the Atlantic coast was part of the wider war.