John Sanness

Norwegian politician (1913-1984)
Person human Q4216423

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
May 24, 1913, May 24, 1911[9]
Date of death
November 6, 1984
Place of birth
Leipzig
Place of death
Oslo Municipality
Country of citizenship
Norway[10]
Position held
chairperson, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee[11][12]
Member of political party
Norwegian Labour Party[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Norwegian[21]
Described by source
Hvem er Hvem?[20]
Family name
Sanness[18]
Given name
John[19]
Place of detention
Møllergata 19[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Christian Munthe Sanness en John Sanness ko 욘 산네스 ko 욘 크리스티안 문테 산네스
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
16050183
Library of Congress authority ID
n79085015
BIBSYS ID
90296570
Freebase ID
/m/080g3f8
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
John_Christian_Munthe_Sanness
IdRef ID
150231261
NUKAT ID
n2004015736
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012412014705171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
148570119
Norsk biografisk leksikon ID
John_Sanness
Show all 17 identifiers +5
Norwegian historical register of persons ID
pc00000003902783
Norwegian prisoner register person ID
41650
Prabook ID
2222994
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrKP9q98xfDBkyVkpCRKd

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

John Sanness was born on May 24, 1913[1], in Leipzig[2]. He died on November 6, 1984[3], in Oslo Municipality[4]. He worked as a journalist[5], professor[6], editing staff[7], and historian[8].

FAQs

Where was John Sanness born?

John Sanness was born in Leipzig[2].

Where did John Sanness die?

John Sanness died in Oslo Municipality[4].

What did John Sanness do for work?

John Sanness worked as a journalist[5], professor[6], editing staff[7], and historian[8].

Where did John Sanness go to school?

John Sanness was educated at Oslo Cathedral School[14].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved . nbl.snl.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved . nbl.snl.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved . nbl.snl.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . Hvem er Hvem?. wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Fanger.no. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). John Sanness. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/john-sanness
MLA “John Sanness.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/john-sanness.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_john-sanness_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{John Sanness}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/john-sanness}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): John Sanness — https://4ort.xyz/entity/john-sanness (retrieved 2026-11-07)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/john-sanness · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Einar Myre · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Hvem er Hvem?
    Date of birth → +1913-05-24T00:00:00Z, +1911-05-24T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q140962362 */"
  2. 21d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'en', 'ha', 'id', 'no']
    Sitelink count → 5
    Place of birth → Leipzig
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||5 */ place of birth, source for place of death, source for occupation, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske lek"
  3. 11w ago · Ajarmund · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Norwegian historical register of persons ID → pc00000003902783
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mul */ add hreg id ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/9c767e104e7|details]])"
  4. 17w ago · Ajarmund · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of detention → Møllergata 19
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Place of detention: Møllergata 19, add detentions from fanger.no ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/beccb7e78e9|details]])"
  5. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 1394478399
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39941|batch #39941]]: add missing GNDs"
  6. 25w ago · Ajarmund · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → John
    Wikidata description → Norwegian politician (1913-1984)
    Prabook ID → 2222994
    Library of Congress authority ID → n79085015
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Country of citizenship: Norway, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257546|batch #257546]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.