Cato Guhnfeldt (born 18 May 1951) is a Norwegian

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in ''

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'' and non-fiction writer of

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history. He lives in

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. Gunfeldt has a

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from the

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, where he majored in political science and history. Since 1980 he has worked as a journalist in ''Aftenposten''. His first book was ''Sagaen om de norske Northrop-flyene på Island'', published in 1981, about the

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while it was stationed in Iceland during the Second World War. He followed up with ''Fornebu 9. april'' in 1990, about the German invasion of

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on 9 April 1940. For this and later books he established his own

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, Wings Forlag. Guhnfeldt's third book was ''Bomb Gestapo-hovedkvarteret!'' about the

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on 25 September 1942. The latter two were compiled based on among other things interviews with four hundred people in seven countries. For the latter two works Guhnfeldt was awarded Fritt Ord Honor Award in 1996 for his "unique, historical authorship built upon meticulous outreaching research". Later books include a biography of

Marius Eriksen Emil Marius Eriksen, Sr. (9 December 1886 – 14 September 1950) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Barbu, Norway and died in Oslo. He was the father of Marius Eriksen, Jr. and Stein Eriksen ...

(2002), Tarald Weisteen (2004) and Gerd Vold Hurum (2006). He then wrote a series about the

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, ''Spittfire Saga''. Two of the volumes have won the Norwegian Aviation Book of the Year, in 2010 and 2011.

Bibliography

*''Sagaen om de norske Northrop-flyene på Island: – og ett som ble berget for ettertiden'', 1981, Sem og Stenersen. *
Fornebu 9. april
', 1990, Wings. *''Bomb Gestapo-hovedkvarteret!'', 1995, Wings. *''Marius: skiløper, jageress, krigsfange:

s historie nedskrevet og redigert av Cato Guhnfeldt'', 2002, Wings. *''Nattjager: fra kamp med Norges første pansertog til jakt på Hitlers flyvende bombe'' Tarald Weisteens historie nedskrevet og redigert av Cato Guhnfeldt, 2004, Wings. *''En kvinne ved navn "Truls": fra motstandskamp til Kon-Tiki'' / Gerd Vold Hurum; redigert av Cato Guhnfeldt, 2006, Wings. *''Spitfire Saga. Pionértid – Bind I'', 2009, Wings. *''Spitfire Saga. Sommeren 1942/Dieppe – Bind II'', 2009, Wings. *''Spitfire Saga. Full innsats – Bind III'', 2010, Wings. *''Spitfire Saga. Mot overtak i luften – Bind IV'', 2013, Wings. *''Spitfire Saga. 132 Wing/Invasjonen; Bind V'', 2014, Wings.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guhnfeldt, Cato Norwegian journalists Norwegian military historians Norwegian biographers Writers from Bærum Aftenposten people 1951 births Living people University of Oslo alumni