The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Norway
This page contains a list of the greatest Norwegian Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 538 Social Activists, 2 of which were born in Norway. This makes Norway the birth place of the 61st most number of Social Activists behind Albania and Trinidad and Tobago.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Norwegian Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Norwegian Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Gunnar Sønsteby (1918 - 2012)
With an HPI of 46.69, Gunnar Sønsteby is the most famous Norwegian Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
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.
2. Jan Egeland (1957 - )
With an HPI of 40.33, Jan Egeland is the 2nd most famous Norwegian Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Jan Egeland (born 12 September 1957) is a Norwegian diplomat, political scientist, humanitarian leader and former Labour Party politician who has been Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council since 2013. He served as State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1997 and as United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator from 2003 to 2006. Over the course of his career, Egeland has also served as Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, Director of Human Rights Watch Europe, director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross and Chair of Amnesty International Norway. He also holds a post as Professor II at the University of Stavanger.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as social activists born between 1918 and 1957. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living social activists include Jan Egeland. The most famous deceased social activists include Gunnar Sønsteby.
