Sonja Barth Explained

Sonja Louise Barth
Birth Name:	Sonja Louise Skoklefald
Birth Date:	21 May 1923
Birth Place:	Nesodden, Norway
Death Place:	Oslo, Norway
Awards:	Order of St. Olav (2008)

Sonja Louise Barth (21 May 1923 – 10 September 2016,) was a Norwegian environmentalist.^{[1] [2]}

During World War II she was active in XU, the secret Norwegian resistance 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.^[3]

In 2008 she was appointed to the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav. 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.^[4]

On 14 November 1945 she married Edvard Kaurin Barth (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

External links

• Web site: Sonja Barth (1923-2016). Anno Norsk skogmuseum. Norwegian. Includes photograph of Barth

Notes and References

1. News: Bakke . Tor A. . Nekrolog: Sonja Louise Barth . 3 May 2019 . . 14 September 2016. Norwegian.
2. Book: Norsk Biografisk Leksikon . 3 May 2019 . Edvard K Barth. Norwegian.
3. Web site: Minneord om Sonja Barth . 16 September 2016 . Wollum . Lars Otto . Norwegian. 3 May 2019.
4. Web site: Utnevnelser til St. Olavs Orden . The Royal House of Norway . 3 May 2019 . 5 December 2008. Norwegian.