Kurt Oddekalv

Kurt Willy Oddekalv (27 July 1957 – 11 January 2021) was a Norwegian environmentalist.

Kurt Oddekalv
Oddekalv at Røros-konferansen 2010
Born
Kurt Willy Oddekalv

(1957-07-27)27 July 1957
Senja, Norway
Died11 January 2021(2021-01-11) (aged 63)
Bahusvatnet outside Bergen, Norway
Cause of deathAccidental drowning
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationEnvironmentalist

Career

He was excluded from Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature after a vote at the Annual gathering meeting in 1993.[1] As a result of this he created his own environmental organization Green Warriors of Norway of which he was the leader until his death.[2]

As a sergeant in the Norwegian military, Oddekalv was the non-commissioned officer in command of the future Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg while the latter was completing his mandatory military service.[3]

Oddekalv revealed in 2015 that he believed in chemtrails, a conspiracy theory that has been strongly criticized by skeptics.[4]

In later years, Oddekalv suffered several strokes and gradually withdrew from the mainstream media.

Oddekalv died on 11 January 2021 after falling through the ice near his home. He was 63 years old.[5]

References
  1. "Stort flertall for å kaste ut Oddekalv". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 23 June 1993. p. 4.
  2. "17 år med eget forbund". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 14 December 2009. p. 5.
  3. Interview in the Norwegian periodical Megafon, Bergen, February 2009
  4. "- Forsvaret eller USA står bak". Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  5. Kurt Oddekalv gikk gjennom isen og døde (in Norwegian)


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