Gunnar Bøe (20 January 1917 – 9 December 1989) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.
His father held a doctorate in medicine, but Bøe enrolled in economics studies at the University of Oslo in 1936.
[3] In January 1948, he left the state secretary position, and continued his research career.
[1] The Police Security Service (PST, POT) suspected Bøe of being a Soviet spy.
He had a codename, "George," and had a series of meetings with KGB Rezident Aleksandr Startsev.
By 1967, POT had bugged Bøe's phone, but they never found hard evidence to prove their suspicions.
[5] In July 2014, new information came to light with the release of more documents from KGB defector Vasili Mitrokhin.