Gisle Hannemyr

Gisle Hannemyr (born 1953) is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Informatics, University of Oslo.

In 1991, he was co-founder of the first commercial internet service provider in Norway, Oslonett, which later, being acquired by Schibsted, became Schibsted Online, or SOL. He has later co-founded other Internet-related businesses.

Through books, articles and regular columns in the press, he has been active in describing and explaining not only the internet, but also hacker culture to the public. In the public eye, he is regarded as Norways foremost net guru and evangelist, and is the primary spokesperson for the free and open net usage in Norwegian media.

In 2003, Computerworld Magazine Norway declared him internet personality of the decade.

External links

• Technology and Pleasure: Considering Hacking Constructive
• Gisle Hannemyr, internet person of the decade (in Norwegian)