Gunnar Block Watne
Norwegian engineer
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| Intro | Norwegian engineer | |
| Places | Norway | |
| was | Engineer | |
| Work field | Engineering | |
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| Birth | 8 July 1929, Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway | |
| Death | 28 September 2016 (aged 87 years) | |
| Star sign | Cancer |
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Gunnar Block Watne (8 July 1929 – 28 September 2016) was a Norwegian engineer and businessperson.
He was born in Sandnes, a son of timber trader Gabriel Block Watne and Randi Øglænd. Block Watne was a pioneer in introducing prefabricated houses in Norway. In the early 1980s his company Block Watne was the largest house building contractor in Scandinavia.