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Knut Haugland

1917 - 2009

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Knut Magne Haugland, DSO, MM, (23 September 1917 – 25 December 2009) was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway, who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Knut Haugland is the 379th most popular explorer (down from 342nd in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Norway (down from 247th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Knut Haugland ranks 379 out of 498. Before him are George Bass, John Moresby, Olav Bjaaland, Henri Duveyrier, Samuel Baker, and Fernão de Loronha. After him are Vasily Chichagov, Gombojab Tsybikov, Alexander Burnes, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Georgy Sedov, and Nathaniel Palmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Knut Haugland ranks 228. Before him are Bagrat Shinkuba, Torsten Lindberg, Johannes Bobrowski, Laurindo Almeida, Gloria Fuertes, and Luigi Cantone. After him are Ivan Bodiul, Jacqueline Auriol, Abdel Rahman Badawi, Desi Arnaz, James Jesus Angleton, and Jane Bowles. Among people deceased in 2009, Knut Haugland ranks 221. Before him are Henry Gibson, Helen Levitt, Uma Aaltonen, Alfred Swift, Edmund Purdom, and Richard Todd. After him are Edward Woodward, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Léon Glovacki, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, Tullio Pinelli, and Ede Király.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Knut Haugland ranks 297 out of 1,039. Before him are Sverre Stenersen (1926), Axel Thue (1863), Anita Hegerland (1961), Harald Sæverud (1897), Ivar Formo (1951), and Arnulf Øverland (1889). After him are Jahn Teigen (1949), Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886), Bodil Katharine Biørn (1871), Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), and Sigmund Ruud (1907).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Knut Haugland ranks 19. Before him are Oscar Wisting (1871), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Jens Munk (1579), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), and Olav Bjaaland (1873). After him are Grímur Kamban (801), Finn Ronne (1899), Sverre Hassel (1876), Lars Christensen (1884), Kristian Prestrud (1881), and Tryggve Gran (1888).

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