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 166,701 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gunnar Sønsteby is the 512th most popular social activist (down from 432nd in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 282nd in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 512 out of 840. Before him are Daniel De Leon, Efua Dorkenoo, Medha Patkar, Hebe de Bonafini, William Luther Pierce, and Helene Stöcker. After him are Jerry Rubin, Ivan Betskoy, Yun Hyon-seok, Devdas Gandhi, Grey Owl, and Lucy Parsons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 228. Before him are Werner Peters, Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Henri Chammartin, Luis Alcoriza, Anne Stine Ingstad, and Stubby Kaye. After him are Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, René Rémond, Noronha, Viktor Talalikhin, Balasaraswati, and Don McNeill. Among people deceased in 2012, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 316. Before him are Arkady Vorobyov, Malcolm Browne, Antonio Cubillo, Rino Ferrario, Gu Chaohao, and Franz West. After him are Roberto Mieres, Richard Dawson, Lennart Samuelsson, Mark Midler, Bob Welch, and Peter Struck.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Gunnar Sønsteby ranks 343 out of 1,039. Before him are Inger Hagerup (1905), Lars Christensen (1884), Morten Tyldum (1967), Anne Stine Ingstad (1918), Vera Henriksen (1927), and Thorbjørn Svenssen (1924). After him are Kristian Prestrud (1881), Egil Olsen (1942), Konrad Hirsch (1900), Ivar Formo (1951), Sam Eyde (1866), and Jan Axel Blomberg (1969).

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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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