Erik Gunnar Nord (11 September 1918 – 19 January 2014) was a Norwegian jurist, civil servant, foreign policy researcher and politician for the Socialist Left Party.
[4] He was employed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1947, and served in the Norwegian United Nations delegation until 1950.
According to some sources he was removed as committee secretary as a result of contact with the KGB, when Halvard Lange decided to move him to the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
[8] NUPI today counts Nord as one of their most profiled researchers, together with John Sanness, Johan Jørgen Holst, Martin Sæter, Daniel Heradstveit and Jan Egeland.
[9] He was also a prolific popular speaker, tallying up to 200 appearances a year, including events for the EU opposition, the United Nations Association of Norway and Nei til Atomvåpen (No to Nuclear Weapons).