Memorial Page for Thor Heyerdahl
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer
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April 18th, 2026
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Thor Heyerdahl (* October 6, 1914 in Larvik; † April 18, 2002 in Colla Micheri) was a norwegian anthropologist and adventurer. He was 87 years old. He had 3 wives. He had at least 2 children (2 sons). He studied at University of Oslo. His faith was atheism. He received 9 awards, including Fridtjof Nansen Award for outstanding research, historical-philosophical class, Empowering award. His cause of death was brain cancer.
Life Events
14 EventsBorn in Larvik, Vestfold
1914University of Oslo
1933Married Liv Rockefeller
1936until 1948
Married Yvonne Dedekam-Simonsen
1949until 1979
Mungo Park Medal
1950Vega Medal
1962Patron’s Medal
1964Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1965Fridtjof Nansen Award for outstanding research, historical-philosophical class
1985Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
1987Empowering award
1994Married Jacqueline Beer
1996until 2002
Peer Gynt Literary Award
1999Died in Colla Micheri, Liguria (brain cancer)
2002Obituary
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- Liv Rockefeller
- Yvonne Dedekam-Simonsen
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Alison Martine Lyng
- Bjorn Heyerdahl
- Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl. Forever remembered.