Gunnar Sønsteby

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Gunnar Sønsteby was a highly decorated Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, renowned for his sabotage operations and leadership against the German occupation.

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Label Occurrences
Gunnar Sønsteby canonical 5
Kjakan Gunnar Sønsteby 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian resistance member ⓘ
World War II veteran ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived British Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Commander of the Order of St. Olav ⓘ
Defence Medal 1940–1945 ⓘ
linked to: Defence Medal

Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal ⓘ
Haakon VII Freedom Cross ⓘ
Medal of St. Hallvard ⓘ
St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch ⓘ
United States Medal of Freedom ⓘ
War Cross with Sword ⓘ
burialPlace Vår Frelsers gravlund ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfBirth Norway ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Norway ⓘ
countryOfDeath Norway ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1918-01-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2012-05-10 ⓘ
employer Norwegian Ministry of Finance ⓘ
ethnicGroup Norwegians ⓘ
familyName Sønsteby ⓘ
fieldOfWork resistance leadership ⓘ
sabotage operations ⓘ
genre memoir ⓘ
givenName Gunnar ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Norway's most decorated citizen ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Norwegian ⓘ
militaryBranch Norwegian resistance movement ⓘ
militaryConflict World War II ⓘ
name Gunnar Sønsteby ⓘ
notableAlias Kjakan ⓘ
No. 24 ⓘ
Nr. 24 ⓘ
notableEvent leadership in the Norwegian resistance during World War II ⓘ
sabotage operations against German occupation forces in Norway ⓘ
notableWork Rapport fra Nr. 24 ⓘ
Report from No. 24 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
resistance fighter ⓘ
participantIn Norwegian resistance movement ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rjukan ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oslo ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Oslo ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norwegian resistance movement → participant → Gunnar Sønsteby ⓘ
Norwegian resistance movement → participant → Kjakan Gunnar Sønsteby ⓘ
linked to: Gunnar Sønsteby
Grini concentration camp → notablePrisoner → Gunnar Sønsteby ⓘ
Gunnar Sønsteby → name → Gunnar Sønsteby ⓘ
Ilebu prison camp → notablePrisoner → Gunnar Sønsteby ⓘ
Max Manus: Man of War → portrays → Gunnar Sønsteby ⓘ