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Torstein Pettersen Raaby (6 October 1918 – 23 March 1964) was a Norwegian telegrapher, resistance fighter and explorer. He is known as a crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition.
Torstein Pettersen Raaby (1918-1964) var en norsk ingeniør og radiotelegrafist som var motstandsmann under andre verdenskrig. Han var først agent for Sovjetunionen og deretter agent for britiske Secret Intelligence Service [2] og ble tildelt Krigskorset med sverd, Norges høyeste utmerkelse.
Torstein Pettersen Raaby (6 October 1918 – 23 March 1964) was a Norwegian telegrapher, resistance fighter and explorer. He is known as a crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition.
The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca god Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name.
- Thor Heyerdahl
- 1948
Torstein Raaby was born on October 6, 1918 in Dverberg, Norway. He was a cinematographer, known for Kon-Tiki (1950). He died on March 23, 1964 in Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
- October 6, 1918
- March 23, 1964
Torstein Pettersen Raaby (6 October 1918 – 23 March 1964) was a Norwegian telegrapher, resistance fighter and explorer. He is known as a crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition.[1] Raaby was born in the village of Dverberg on the island of Andøya in Nordland, Norway.[2]
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Torstein Raaby was born on 6 October 1918 in Dverberg, Norway. He was a cinematographer, known for Kon-Tiki (1950). He died on 23 March 1964 in Alert, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
