It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gunnar Johannes Berg on October 10, 2024, at the age of 94. Gunnar was born on March 1, 1930 on a small farm in Svensby, a community in Ullsfjord, Northern Norway, to Johannes and Alida (Norby) Berg.
Following military service in Norway and Germany, he was admitted to the Technical University of Norway (NTH) in Trondheim, from which he graduated in Electrical Power Engineering in 1956. During this time, summer months were spent working as technical trainee at factories in Norway, Finland, France and the United States.
For two years following graduation he worked as Teaching and Research Assistant at NTH before moving to Vancouver, Canada in 1958 to start graduate studies at UBC. He completed a MSc degree in Electrical Engineering at UBC in 1960, before taking a job with the BC Energy Board for the next four years.
He met his wife, Norma (Cann), in Victoria in 1960 and were later married in 1962. In 1964 they moved to Calgary to fill a position as Professor of Electrical Engineering, which later became The University of Calgary, where he remained until his retirement in 1988.
Gunnar and his family spent 3 Sabbatical years in Norway between 1970 and 1985. After early retirement from the University of Calgary, he worked as a Project Manager on a CIDA funded engineering education development project in Nepal.
Much of his retirement years were spent in Victoria, B.C. and at the family's cabin on Savary Island, BC.
All his life he enjoyed the outdoors and was active in hunting, fishing and Nordic skiing.
He enriched the lives of all those who knew him and maintained a keen interest in history, literature, music, sports, and world events.
Gunnar is survived by his wife, Norma, children, Karen (Eric Solomon), John (Sandra), Rolf, Kristin (Eric Jensen) and 7 grandchildren, (Odin, Joshua, Lily, Leif, Finn, Anika, Liv), and Norwegian family; brother Inge Berg, and many nieces and nephews.
Read his memoirs here: https://www.blurb.ca/b/4680217-memoirs
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