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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Sønsteby has received more than 155,842 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Sønsteby is the 432nd most popular social activist (down from 294th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 200th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 432 out of 538Before him are Neerja Bhanot, Ruby Bridges, Jack Sheppard, David Reimer, Joseph Wresinski, and Bagha Jatin. After him are Olga Lepeshinskaya, Charu Majumdar, William Luther Pierce, Octavia Hill, Medgar Evers, and Eugénie Cotton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 194Before him are Émile Derlin Zinsou, Antonio Janigro, Richard Hoggart, Said Mohamed Djohar, Cheddi Jagan, and Franjo Wölfl. After him are Charu Majumdar, Nils Östensson, Marcelo González Martín, Luciano Emmer, Giovanni Cheli, and Édouard Gagnon. Among people deceased in 2012, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 264Before him are Bob Welch, Frank Pierson, Malcolm Browne, James Mellaart, Alketas Panagoulias, and Juan Francisco Lombardo. After him are Susanne Lothar, Florence Green, François Migault, Armand Penverne, Zig Ziglar, and Victor Mees.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 283 out of 927Before him are Paul Egede (1708), Sam Eyde (1866), Roy Jacobsen (1954), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), John Arne Riise (1980), and Kitty Lange Kielland (1843). After him are Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Ståle Solbakken (1968), Otto Sinding (1842), Gjermund Eggen (1941), Olav Aukrust (1883), and Jan Kjærstad (1953).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Norway

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