What is Kurt Oddekalv?
[[File:Kurt Oddekalv, 2010 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Kurt Willy Oddekalv''' (27 July 1957 – 11 January 2021) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[environmentalist]]. He was born in [[Senja]], [[Norway]]. Oddekalv was removed from the [[Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature]] in 1993 over his [[controversial]] views.<ref>{{cite news|title= Stort flertall for å kaste ut Oddekalv |newspaper=[[Aftenposten]]|date=23 June 1993|page=4|language=no}}</ref> He created his own environmental organization [[Green Warriors of Norway]] of which he was the leader until his death.<ref>{{cite news|title= 17 år med eget forbund |newspaper=[[Bergens Tidende]]|date=14 December 2009|page=5|language=no}}</ref> Oddekalv revealed in 2015 that he believed in [[Chemtrail conspiracy theory|chemtrails]], which was criticized by many environmentalists.<ref>{{Cite web|title = - Forsvaret eller USA står bak| date=8 May 2015 |url = http://www.ta.no/usa/telemark/nyheter/forsvaret-eller-usa-star-bak/s/5-50-72106|access-date = 2015-06-25}}</ref> Oddekalv died on 11 January 2021 after falling through [[ice]] and [[drowning|drowned]] at a [[lake]] near [[Bergen, Norway]] at the age of 63.<ref>[https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/41bklg/kurt-oddekalv-gikk-gjennom-isen-og-doede Kurt Oddekalv gikk gjennom isen og døde] {{in lang|no}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oddekalv, Kurt}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths by drowning]] [[Category:Norwegian businesspeople]] [[Category:Environmentalists]]