title: Gunnar Block Watne
text: # Gunnar Block Watne
  
  Gunnar Block Watne (8 July 1929 – 28 September 2016) was a Norwegian engineer and businessperson.
  
  He was born in Sandnes, a son of timber trader Gabriel Block Watne and Randi Øglænd. Block Watne was a pioneer in introducing prefabricated houses in Norway. In the early 1980s his company Block Watne was the largest house building contractor in Scandinavia.
  
  