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She suggested the epic voyage of her graduate student Thor Heyerdahl on the raft Kon-tiki, a voyage memorialized in the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"8 October 1872","date":"1872-10-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Trondheim","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25804"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"30 August 1948","date":"1948-08-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Oslo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Norway","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"zoologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350979"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"geneticist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3126128"},{"text":"biologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864503"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Free-minded Liberal Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3505142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Oslo","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486156"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1922–1925)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1922","end":"1925"},{"text":"deputy member of the Parliament of Norway (1916–1918)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16159375","start":"1916","end":"1918"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"King's Medal of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3358664","date":"1920-07-01"},{"text":"Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18757335","date":"1935"},{"text":"Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav‎","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13377524","date":"1946"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristine_Bonnevie","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3138473"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Kristine Bonnevie born?","a":"Kristine Bonnevie was born on 8 October 1872 in Trondheim."},{"q":"What positions has Kristine Bonnevie held?","a":"Positions held by Kristine Bonnevie include: president (1922–1925); deputy member of the Parliament of Norway (1916–1918)."},{"q":"Where did Kristine Bonnevie study?","a":"Kristine Bonnevie was educated at University of Oslo."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"Erik Enge","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/erik-enge"},{"name":"Ivar Fløistad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ivar-flistad"},{"name":"Karl Henry Karlsen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/karl-henry-karlsen"},{"name":"Nils Pedersen Igland","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nils-pedersen-igland"},{"name":"Arthur Arntzen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-arntzen"},{"name":"John Aalmo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-aalmo"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/kristine-bonnevie-a7fcfa8804.jpg","width":500,"height":688,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Rude & Hilfling. 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Image: Kristine Bonnevie portrait.jpg — Rude & Hilfling. The National Library of Norway., Public domain.","cite":"\"Kristine Bonnevie\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/kristine-bonnevie. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T09:02:14Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/kristine-bonnevie","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/kristine-bonnevie","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/kristine-bonnevie?lang=ne"}}