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Thor Heyerdahls utmerkelser

Utmerkelsene har vært mange og det er en imponerende liste som vitner om de fotspor Thor Heyerdahl har satt med sitt arbeid.

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    Foto: Odd Fostervoll.

Vitenskapelige ærer og tildelelser

  • Retzius Medal Royal Swedish Society for Anthropology And Geography 1950
  • Mungo Park Medal Royal Scottish Society for Geography 1951
  • Bonaparte-Wyse Gold Medal Société de Geographie de Paris 1951
  • Elish Kent Kane Gold Medal Geographical Society of Philadelphia 1952
  • Hon. Member Geographical Society Norway 1953, Peru 1953, Brazil 1954
  • Elected Member Norwegian Academy of Sciences, 1958
  • Fellow New York Academy of Science, 1960
  • Doctor Honoris Causa Oslo University, 1961
  • Vega Gold Medal Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, 1962
  • Lomonosov Medal Moscow University, 1962
  • Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal London, 1964
  • Member American Anthropological Association 1966
  • Kiril i Metodi Award Geographical Society Bulgaria, 1972
  • Honorary Professor Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico 1972
  • Internat. Pahlavi Environment Prize, United Nations 1978
  • Doctor Honoris Causa USSR Academy of Science 1980
  • Bradford Washburn Award, Boston Mus. of Sience, USA, 1982
  • Doctor Honoris Causa Univ. San Martin, Lima, 1991
  • Doctor Honoris Causa Univ. of Havana, 1992
  • Doctor Honoris Causa Univ. of Kyiv, Ukraine, 1993
  • Doctor Honoris Causa Univ. of Maine, USA, 1998
  • Doctor Honoris Causa Univ. of Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1998
  • Doctor Honoris Causa Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1998
  • International Prize of the Spanish Geographical Society 1998
  • Doctor Honoris Causa D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 1999

National Decorations

  • Commander of the Order of St. Olav, Norway 1951, and with Star in 1970
  • Officer of El Orden por Méritos Distinguidos, Peru, 1953
  • Grand Officer Orden Al Mérito della Republica Italiana, 1968
  • Commander American Knights of Malta, 1970
  • Order of Merit, Egypt, 1971
  • Grand Officer Royal Alaouites Order, Morocco, 1971
  • Order of Golden Ark, Netherland, 1980
  • Officer La Orden El Sol del Perú, 1975
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