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Two days before Sønsteby's death, Norwegian Financial Minister Sigbjørn Johnsen unveiled a statue of Sønsteby at Rjukan torg and stated, "Gunnar Sønsteby is a great hero who risked his life so that we could win our freedom and our democracy". [6] Sønsteby died May 10, 2012 at the age of 94 after a long illness. [6]
In 2017, the Gunnar Sønsteby Prize was awarded to all Norwegian veterans of international military operations. This came to over 100,000 persons. [ 3 ] At a ceremony at Fanehallen in Oslo, Sunde, the head of the prize jury, said that the prize was “a tribute to the individual veteran and the effort, personal courage, and sacrifice they have ...
Gunnar Sønsteby (1918–2012), Norwegian World War II resistance fighter; Sven Sønsteby (1933–2014), Norwegian illustrator This page was last edited on 4 October ...
The Pelle group [1] (Norwegian: Pelle-gruppen) was a Norwegian resistance group that conducted acts of sabotage against the German occupation of Norway in Østlandet during the autumn of 1944.
Gunnar Thoroddsen: 8 February 1980 – 26 May 1983 Guðlaug Edda Guðmundsdóttir: Steingrímur Hermannsson: 28 May 1983 – 8 July 1987 28 September 1988 – 30 April 1991 Ástríður Thorarensen: Davíð Oddsson: 30 April 1991 – 15 September 2004 Sigurjóna Sigurðardóttir: Halldór Ásgrímsson: 15 September 2004 – 15 June 2006 Inga ...
Gunnar Sønstevold (26 November 1912 – 18 October 1991) was a Norwegian composer. He was born in Elverum , and married composer Maj Sønstevold in 1941. He composed orchestral works, vocal music, chamber music, and music to a number of plays, ballets and films.
Amanda Edwards/WireImage Celebrity fitness trainer Gunnar Peterson is asking for prayers after his 4-year-old daughter, Monroe, was diagnosed with cancer. Peterson, who works with celebrities like ...
Vicious Rumors is an American power metal band from Santa Rosa, California.Formed in August 1979, the group originally consisted of lead vocalist Mark Tate, guitarists Geoff Thorpe and Jim Cassero, bassist Jeff Barnacle, and drummer Bryan Hurt.