Sonja Louise Barth (21 May 1923 – 10 September 2016, ) was a Norwegian environmentalist. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

she was active in XU, the secret

Norwegian resistance The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: ''Motstandsbevegelsen'') to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: *Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, ...

operation whose activities were kept secret until 1988. In 2008 she described her experiences to Lars Otto Wollum, on condition that he publish nothing of them until after her death. In 2008 she was appointed to the

Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav I ...

. The citation referred to her work in public education and the dissemination of natural and cultural history, and to her work in the Rondane region. On 14 November 1945 she married

Edvard Kaurin Barth Edvard Kaurin Barth (19 April 1913 – 23 April 1996) was a Norwegian zoologist and photographer. Biography Barth was born in Trondheim He worked as curator at the Zoological Museum in Oslo from 1956 to 1981. He was a board member and late ...

(1913–1996), a photographer and zoologist.

Bibliography

* Sonja Barth, Edvard K. Barth and Roald Smestad: "Capture facility in Remdalen", Hemgrenda , Ringebu historielag, volume 15, 1991, pp. 19–30 * Sonja Barth and Edvard K. Barth: "Fangstgravrecken Skjæringfjell-Imsdalsvola and conversation with Mats and Hallvar Huset", Yearbook for the Norwegian Forestry Museum. Forestry, hunting and fishing , No. 13, 1990–1992, pp. 220–232 * Sonja Barth and Edvard K. Barth: "Catch historical reports", Elverum: Norwegian Forestry Museum, 1989 * Sonja Barth and Edvard K. Barth: "Fangstgraver i et trollsk skoglandskap", Statsskog: company newspaper for statens skoger , vol. 25, no. 4, 1989, pp. 9–12 * Sonja Barth and Edvard K. Barth: "Fangstgraves in Engerdal's western mountains", in the Norwegian Forestry Museum. Yearbook , No. 11, 1986, pp. 189–208 * Sonja Barth and Edvard K. Barth: "Falconer tufts and falconry in Southern Norway", in the Norwegian Forestry Museum. Yearbook , No. 10, 1984, pp. 219–251 * Sonja Barth and Edvard K. Barth: "Reindeer trapping facility on Storøa in Engerdal", in the Norwegian Forestry Museum. Yearbook , No. 9, 1981, pp. 260–271 * Sonja Barth: Andereiret , with Edvard K. Barth, Oslo: Cappelen, 1948

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* ''Includes photograph of Barth'' 1923 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Norwegian women scientists Environmental scientists XU {{Norway-scientist-stub