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Johan Galtung

1930 - 2024

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Johan Vincent Galtung (24 October 1930 – 17 February 2024) was a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and was its first director until 1970. He also established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964. In 1969, he was appointed to the world's first chair in peace and conflict studies, at the University of Oslo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Galtung is the 10th most popular political scientist (down from 4th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Norway (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Political Scientist.

Johan Galtung is most famous for his "Violence Triangle" theory. This theory states that there are three components to violence: the perpetrator, the victim, and the bystander.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Johan Galtung ranks 10 out of 46. Before him are Christian Lous Lange, Francis Fukuyama, Hans Morgenthau, Aleksandr Dugin, Benedict Anderson, and Georg Jellinek. After him are Harold Lasswell, Ralf Dahrendorf, Joseph Nye, Leonard Hobhouse, Maurice Duverger, and John Mearsheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Johan Galtung ranks 68. Before him are Edsger W. Dijkstra, Carlos Kleiber, Reinhard Selten, Gena Rowlands, Jesús Franco, and Derek Walcott. After him are Robert Wagner, Ivan Silayev, William R. Pogue, Mary Quant, Adunis, and Moustapha Akkad. Among people deceased in 2024, Johan Galtung ranks 56. Before him are Robin Warren, Ismail Haniyeh, Niklaus Wirth, Shelley Duvall, Kris Kristofferson, and Gena Rowlands. After him are Luigi Riva, Yahya Sinwar, Caterina Valente, Juan Vicente Pérez, Ebrahim Raisi, and Philip Zimbardo.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Galtung ranks 64 out of 1,039. Before him are Trygve Haavelmo (1911), Peder Severin Krøyer (1851), Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), Ivar Giaever (1929), and Sonja Henie (1912). After him are Jonas Lie (1833), Finn E. Kydland (1943), Gustav Vigeland (1869), Haakon Sigurdsson (930), Sophus Lie (1842), and Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In Norway

Among political scientists born in Norway, Johan Galtung ranks 2. Before him are Christian Lous Lange (1869).

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