SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Gunnar Sønsteby

1918 - 2012

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Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby DSO (11 January 1918 – 10 May 2012) was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway in World War II. Known by the nickname "Kjakan" ("The Chin") and as "Agent No. 24", he was the most highly decorated citizen in Norway, including being the only person to have been awarded the War Cross with three swords, Norway's highest military decoration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Sønsteby is the 75th most popular social activist (up from 513th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 343rd in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 75 out of 840. Before him are Mustafa Barzani, José Rizal, Emilia Plater, Yun Chi-ho, Horst Wessel, and Babak Khorramdin. After him are Camilo Cienfuegos, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Anneliese Michel, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Martin Niemöller, and Liu Xiaobo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 31. Before him are Martin Ryle, William Holden, Bertram Brockhouse, Jerome Karle, Billy Graham, and Paul D. Boyer. After him are Derek Barton, Frederick Reines, Muriel Spark, Chaim Herzog, Rosalia Lombardo, and Arthur Kornberg. Among people deceased in 2012, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 29. Before him are Tony Scott, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Donna Summer, Sylvia Kristel, Griselda Blanco, and Larry Hagman. After him are Andrew Huxley, Hebe Camargo, Carlos Fuentes, William Standish Knowles, Sun Myung Moon, and Antonio Tabucchi.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 52 out of 1,039. Before him are Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930), Magnus V of Norway (1156), Magnus IV of Norway (1115), Haakon II of Norway (1147), Sigurd II of Norway (1133), and Magnus IV of Sweden (1316). After him are Jon Fosse (1959), Hans Egede (1686), Inge II of Norway (1185), Eystein I of Norway (1088), Anders Behring Breivik (1979), and Trygve Haavelmo (1911).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Norway

Among social activists born in Norway, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 1. After him are Jan Egeland (1957).

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