Background
Norderhaug, Magnar was born on July 21, 1939 in TÖnsberg, Vestfold, Norway. Son of Asbjörn Magnus and Helga (Tueiten) Norderhaug.
Norderhaug, Magnar was born on July 21, 1939 in TÖnsberg, Vestfold, Norway. Son of Asbjörn Magnus and Helga (Tueiten) Norderhaug.
Cand real, University Oslo, 1967.
He was a candidate.real. by education. He worked at the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1967 to 1972, in Vestfold County Municipality from 1972 to 1973, as the Southern Norway inspector of nature protection from 1973 to 1985, then for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation from 1985 to 1989. From 1989 he chaired the Nordic branch of the Worldwatch Institute.
He published several books
He died in April 2006.
He was also among the founders of Greenpeace in Norway in 1988, as well as a board member of the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature.
Married Ann Cecile Casimir, March 23, 1967. Children: Anne-Li, Kjell Magnus.