Thor Pedersen
Thor Pedersen - Denmark
He visited all the 193 independent countries of the UN and spent over 10 years on the road.
Thor is the only person in history to have reached every country in the world completely without flying! On May 23rd 2023 Thor Pedersen reached the final country, Maldives, completing the project and claiming world history.
On October 10th 2013, at the age of 34 years, Torbjørn “Thor” Pedersen set out on an ambitious journey to become the first person in history to reach every country in the world completely without flying. He had nearly accomplished his goal when he got stuck in Hong Kong on January 28th 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic - with only nine island nations remaining! Holding out in Hong Kong for two years he was able to continue again and completed the project on May 23rd 2023 when he set foot on Male, Maldives.
