was unveiled by King Harald of Norway. Poland awarded him the Medal Pro Memoria in 2007. On his 90th birthday on 2008, he was honoured with a reception at Akershus Fortress attended by King Harald V of Norway and the other members of the Royal Family. In 2008 he was the first non-American awarded the United States Special Operations Command Medal. There are monuments for him in Oslo (at Solli Plass) and in Rjukan. In November 2011 a portrait of Sønsteby by Ross Kolby was unveiled at Norway's Restistance Museum in Oslo. It is permanently exhibited in Sønsteby's last office at Akershus Fortress. After death A state funeral for Sønsteby was held on 25 May 2012 in Oslo Domkirke. Twenty-four soldiers from Hans Majestet Kongens Garde provided an honour guard, while the service was attended by the King of Norway, the Prime Minister of Norway, current and seven past Ministers of Defence, and the Chief of Defence. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was represented by a wreath. Several embassies to Norway were represented, including the United States Ambassador to Norway Barry B. White. The pallbearers were six officers, a break from the norm of using soldiers drafted from the King's Guard, and as they carried the coffin from the church, four Air Force F-16s performed a missing man flypast. A book of condolences at Armed Forces Museum in Oslo, was opened to the public on 11 May 2012. Memorial fund The establishment of a Gunnar Sønstebye Memorial Fund was discussed a half year before his death. The Fund was created with donations from Erling Lorentzen, Hans Hermann Horn, and the Inge Steensland Foundation. The Fund presents an annual memorial prize, the Gunnar Sønsteby Prize, consisting of a sum of money and a miniature of Per Ung's statue of Sønstebye in Studenterlunden. The prize was first awarded on 5 January 2012. The winners have included Per Edgar Kokkvold and Kristin Solberg (2015), Deeyah Khan and Trond Bakkevig (2016), and ten Norwegian veterans (2017). In popular culture Gunnar Sønsteby is portrayed by Knut Joner in the 2008 Norwegian World War II-biopic Max Manus. References External links No24 home page Gunnar Sønsteby — obituary in the Daily Telegraph Gunnar Sønsteby — obituary in the Guardian Signatories of the book of condolences at Armed Forces Museum (Norway) : Jens Stoltenberg, Espen Barth Eide , Harald Sunde (general) 1918 births 2012 deaths Companions of