Sverre Ingebregt Selmer Nilsen was a Norwegian fisherman who spied for the GRU during the Cold War. Active between 1956 and 1963, he reported U.S. espionage plane activities to the Soviet Union, contributing to the U-2 Crisis in 1960. Recruited in 1948 after threats to his family, Nilsen trained in the Soviet Union and operated as a foreign agent for over 17 years before his arrest in 1967. Convicted and imprisoned, he was pardoned after three years and later spoke publicly about his espionage activities, becoming the subject of a documentary aired in 2007.
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Meaning of the name - Sverre
ruler, protector
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Sverre Ingebregt Selmer Nilsen belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Bakfjorden
Place of Death: Bakfjorden
Occupation: spy
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for May 23, 1931
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on May 23, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for May 23, 2026 |
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| Sun | 1 Gemini 35 | 2 Gemini 35 | 2 Virgo 29 |
| Moon | 17 Leo 8 | 5 Virgo 38 | 16 Aquarius 32 |
| Mercury | 7 Taurus 21 | 13 Gemini 24 | 18 Virgo 46 |
| Venus | 3 Taurus 8 | 5 Cancer 34 | 29 Leo 5 |
| Mars | 20 Leo 50 | 3 Taurus 34 | 15 Libra 46 |
| Jupiter | 18 Cancer 28 | 22 Cancer 34 | 8 Leo 42 |
| Saturn | 23 Capricorn 12 | 11 Aries 23 | 17 Capricorn 28 |
| Uranus | 17 Aries 50 | 1 Gemini 36 | 18 Aries 58 |
| Neptune | 3 Virgo 1 | 3 Aries 53 | 5 Virgo 25 |
| Pluto | 19 Cancer 12 | 5 Aquarius 26 | 21 Cancer 30 |
| Rahu | 12 Aries 3 | 4 Pisces 36 | 7 Aries 1 |
| Ketu | 12 Libra 3 | 4 Virgo 36 | 7 Libra 1 |
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