Gunnar Block Watne
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sandnes, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|9|28|1929|7|8|df=y}}
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| nationality = Norwegian
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| occupation = Engineer and businessperson
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Gunnar Block Watne (8 July 1929 – 28 September 2016) was a Norwegian engineer and businessperson.
He was born in Sandnes, a son of timber trader Gabriel Block Watne and Randi Øglænd. Block Watne was a pioneer in introducing prefabricated houses in Norway. In the early 1980s his company Block Watne was the largest house building contractor in Scandinavia.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Gunnar Block Watne |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Thor Bjarne |last=Bore |authorlink=Thor Bjarne Bore|editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gunnar_Block_Watne/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 July 2014}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gunnar Block Watne |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Gunnar_Block_Watne |language=Norwegian |accessdate=12 July 2014}}
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