Gunnar Garfors

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Gunnar Garfors
Born (1975-05-29) 29 May 1975 (age 49)
Hammerfest, Norway
OccupationTraveller, author, media advisor
LanguageNorwegian, English
NationalityNorwegian
EducationBachelor of Arts,
Master of Management
SpouseJacquelyn Kunz
Website
garfors.com

Gunnar Garfors (born 29 May 1975) is a Norwegian traveler, author, media professional, and public speaker. Garfors was the first person to visit every country in the world twice, he holds a range of travel world records and has written several travel books. [1] He has also worked in broadcasting and new media developments since 2001. [2]

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Personal life

Garfors is the oldest of seven children. He was born in Hammerfest in Northern Norway but soon moved to Naustdal Municipality on the country's west coast where he grew up with his mother Ruth Berit Stensletten Garfors, his father Reidar Magne Garfors and his six siblings. He has also lived in Havøysund, Førde, Dublin, Falmouth, Copenhagen and Taipei. He now lives in Oslo [3] with his wife, Jacqui Kunz. [4]

Garfors holds a bachelor's degree (Hons) from Falmouth College of Arts in Great Britain and a Master of Management degree from the Norwegian School of Management. [3]

Travels and world records

On 18 June 2012, Garfors and Adrian Butterworth set a Guinness World Record by being the first people to visit five continents in the same day. [5] [6] Garfors, Øystein Djupvik, and Tay-young Pak set a record in September 2014 by visiting 19 countries in 24 hours. [7] Garfors set another Guinness World Record on 2 February 2018 when he circumnavigated the world via the six inhabited continents on scheduled aircraft in 56 hours and 56 minutes together with Dutchmen Erik de Zwart and Ronald Haanstra. [8] On 16 December 2018, he became the first person to visit all 198 countries (including states recognized by at least 10 UN members) in the world twice. [1]

Writing

Garfors has written several travel books, including Ingenstad which has featured as a Norwegian bestseller. [9] Garfors wrote a bimonthly travel column in the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun from 2013–2015 and occasionally wrote travel articles for The Guardian . [10] [11] [12]

Bibliography

Broadcasting

He worked as an advisor for broadcasting and new media at the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in Oslo from 2000–2022, was president of IDAG (the International DMB Advancement Group) from 2010–2021 and sat one year as vice president of the mobile expert group of the European Broadcasting Union in 2008 and 2009. [13] In 2004, he was director when NRK launched the first test of live TV to mobile phones. [14]

From 2008 to 2013, Garfors was CEO of Norwegian Mobile TV Corporation. [15] [16] [17] [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ Gonsholt Simen V. "I dag er Gunnars livsverk komplett", Dagens Næringsliv, Oslo, 10 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 Garfors, Gunnar. "Gunnar Garfors Biography" Archived 31 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine , garfors.com, Oslo, 1 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Boyd, Milo (21 December 2023). "Woman who travels to dangerous places came face to face with the Taliban". The Mirror. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Wong, Hiufu. "How to travel five continents in one day" Archived 4 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine , CNN, Hong Kong, 29 June 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff writer. "Friends film visit to five continents in one day", BBC, Dorset, 2 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Huggler, Justin. "How a Norwegian trio visited most of Europe in 24 hours", The Telegraph, Berlin, 22 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Fastest circumnavigation by scheduled flights, visiting six continents (team)", Guinness World Records, London, 2 February 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Broken Sleep Books bags English translation of Garfors' Norwegian bestseller Elsewhere", The Bookseller, London, 2023.
  10. ↑ Garfors, Gunnar. Mainichi Weekly, pages 8–9. Japan, 19 April 2014
  11. ↑ "Step aside Denmark. Norway takes world’s happiest nation crown", The Guardian, London, 23 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "The Guardian: Gunnar Garfors", Google, Oslo, 3 January 2020.
  13. ↑ Doyle James. "Top Gun" Archived 27 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Mobile TV World, London, 4 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Axline, Keith. "Reach out and touch Bono", Wired. USA, 12 February 2005.
  15. ↑ Valmot, Odd Richard. "Seks kanaler i lomma i dag", Teknisk Ukeblad, Oslo, 15 May 2009.
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