Knut Erik Tranøy

Knut Erik Tranøy (10 December 1918 – 19 March 2012) was a Norwegian philosopher.

During World War II Tranøy, along with 700 other Norwegian students, was deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

His main contributions have been in fields of ethics, particularly in medicine and science.

He was decorated as Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2002.

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