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| Born | 3 August 1974 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, skeptical activist |
Gunnar Roland Tjomlid (born 3 August 1974) is a Norwegian skeptic, secular humanist [1] blogger, and author.
Gunnar Tjomlid | |
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| Born | 3 August 1974 Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, skeptical activist |
Gunnar Roland Tjomlid (born 3 August 1974) is a Norwegian skeptic, secular humanist [1] blogger, and author.
Tjomlid was born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where he lived until he was two years old. He then mostly resided in the village of Tonstad in Norway. He was a Christian before becoming an atheist. [2]
He started the blog Unfiltered Perception in 2006, which changed name to Saksynt in 2013.
He was on the panel of Norwegian podcast Saltklypa from 2010 to 2012.
In 2010 he received the award Tordenbloggen [3] and in 2014 he received an award in Vixen Blog Awards 2013. [4]
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