Gunnar Garbo (19 April 1924 – 29 June 2016) was a Norwegian journalist, politician, and ambassador.

[2] His father Ingvald Garbo was shot by the Germans in 1941, for listening to radio and distributing the news.

[3] Gunnar Garbo himself had to flee to Sweden in 1943, where he joined the police troops.

He worked as a journalist for Bergens Tidende from 1945, and was later editor of the newspaper Nidaros in Trondheim, from 1954 to 1957.

[1] Garbo has written several books and numerous articles on political issues, in particular on international politics, including themes such as disarmament and on the United Nations.