Hans Kristian Gaarder (30 November 1960 – 6 April 2021) was a Norwegian conspiracy theorist and COVID-19 denialist who died in 2021 at age 60 after becoming infected with COVID-19. He lived in the municipality of Gran in Hadeland, Norway. Prior to his death, he had hosted a number of illegal gatherings. Gaarder had previously been involved in conspiracy theories related to swine flu and the Illuminati.
He is believed to have been one of the creators of the Norwegian online alternative-news magazine "Nyhetsspeilet [no]" ("The News Mirror").
References
- ^ Corbishley, Sam (2021-04-15). "Covid denier dies from virus after hosting illegal gatherings". Metro. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- Sønstelie, Magne Storedal, Erik (2021-04-09). "En av Norges fremste konspirasjonsteoretikere testet positivt for korona etter sin død – mange skal ha deltatt på hans siste arrangement på Hadeland" [One of Norway's foremost conspiracy theorists tested positive for the corona after his death - many are said to have attended his last event at Hadeland]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-04-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Berglund, Nina (2021-04-09). "Hadeland fears 'wild' infection". www.newsinenglish.no. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- "Norwegia. Zmarł Hans Kristian Gaarder. Koronasceptyk organizował nielegalne imprezy - Polsat News" [Norway. Hans Kristian Gaarder has died. The Koronasceptic organized illegal events - Polsat News.]. polsatnews.pl (in Polish). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- Trøen, Marte Iren Noreng; Larsen, Anders Bakkerud (2021-04-09). "Mann som døde med korona skal være kjent koronafornekter" [Man who died with corona was known corona denier]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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