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Alvarhanso

Alvar Hanso (taken from the Hanso Foundation website

Beardy

Alvar Hanso as featured in a 1975 video

Alvar Hanso is the Danish CEO & Founder of the Hanso Foundation and the Hanso Group. He addressed the UN Security Council in 1967. He is featured narrating a 1975 DHARMA Orientation Film, introducing the project to recruits. Apparently, he bought every copy of Gary Troup's book The Valenzetti Equation and all rights to a reprint. Persephone (from the [[The Lost Experience) has suggested that Alvar Hanso's last public appearance was in 2002, and he has not been seen since.

According to DJ Dan Alvar Hanso is estimated to be 112 years old, putting his birth year somewhere around 1894, assuming Dan's info is correct. He is the grandson of Magnus Hanso

Bio from thehansofoundation.org

"Driven by a need for privacy and a deep-seated sense of humility, Alvar Hanso has released few details of his personal life to the public.

He first made his mark during the Second World War, providing munitions to various resistance movements around Europe. After the War, Hanso became the leading purveyor of high-technology armaments to NATO.

After decades of keeping the world safe through the development of sophisticated weapons systems, Hanso turned his attention to critical areas of science and technology - always searching for new ways to improve the human experience, and create a brighter future for all humanity.

Still running his vast network of companies, Hanso has set new standards for philanthropy and the support of pure scientific research for the betterment of the entire race. "

Sri Lanka video

Alvar Hanso appears in the video being compiled at Hansoexposed.com. This video of him is from around 1975. He seems to be playing the role of an orientator in a general orientation film for the DHARMA Initiative. Before it was revealed to be him, the character in the video was commonly named Mr. Beardy by fans.

Transcript from the video

Ordered in potential sequence

  1. "I'm..." (4KVKLAYDM0)
  2. "Alvar Hanso" (TRIBALWARS)
  3. "If you are watching this film, you already know and have worked with Gerald and Karen DeGroot." (GMX18BCJ)
  4. "As with all you've already been told, you are bound by your honor and commitment to keep what you are about to hear a secret." (7HKBH)
  5. "In a few weeks, after your induction counseling and survival training, you and your colleagures will be shipped to a top secret faci..." (7TI)
  6. "The precise location of the facility is known only to myself..." (3ZGT)
  7. "...The DeGroots, the few high ranking members of my organization." (1EY8AZCZNA2)
  8. "Why all the security? The secrecy? The answer is simple: " (VIX7ZXT97)
  9. "In 1962, only (static) years ago, the world came to the brink of Nuclear War. The United States and The Soviet Union almost fulfilled the promise of mutual assured destruction, a promise they continued to foster through a destructive Cold War." (XIGZ2Y10S2)
  10. "After the Cuban Missile Crisis, both nations decided to find a solution; the result..." (M6XY398)
  11. "Commissioned under the highest secrecy, through the UN Security Council..." (88CH)
  12. "The equation is the brain child of the Italian mathematician Enzo Valenzetti." (750NZF8X)
  13. "It predicts the exact number of years and months before humanity extinguishes itself." (89RMCOCDC6D)
  14. "Although the equation has been buried by those who commissioned it..." (RGMR)
  15. "His results are chilling, and attention must be paid." (RXMHJH9Y)
  16. "DHARMA is an acronym for Department of Heuristics and Research on Material Applications..." (E82KNI8L)
  17. "It also stands for the one true way." (3GTVI0M11)
  18. "You will know when the one true way has been found." (RRGYXS)
  19. "Thank you and namaste." (FVH7N)

Bad Twin book info

In Chapter 23, in an apparent new change in the board at Widmore Corporation, Alvar Hanso was replaced by Thomas Mittelwerk.

The wit and wisdom of Alvar Hanso

The following quotes have been attributed to Alvar Hanso.

  • "I am very proud to be working with such a brilliant team, who all inspire me every single day as we forge our way towards a brighter future. The expertise and dedication of the team constantly surpass my expectations." (thehansofoundation.org television ad page)
  • "From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity. Our most precious gift, without exception, is the desire to know more—to look beyond what is accepted as the truth and to imagine what is possible." — Alvar Hanso, Address to the United Nations Security Council, 1967, posted on first iteration of thehansofoundation.org Website and partially quoted by Mr. Friendly.
  • "To preach the limited mind is to foreclose on the promise of our future." (thehansofoundation.org landing page)
  • "A society should not merely be measured by its brightest lights, but on how the brightest light the way for those who cannot shine for themselves." (MHA section of thehansofoundation.org Website)
    • May be relevant to Hurley's particular affliction or simply the way in which the castaways are all emotionally and spiritually lost souls
    • May be relevant to the chasm between "the best and the brightest" (exemplary men like Jack) and those who struggle in life (just about everyone else)
  • "Prevention is the number one reason people live longer lives today. The time has come for everyone in our world to understand how a minimum investment of time and effort can lead to a vastly longer and happier life." (WWPDP section of thehansofoundation.org Website)
    • Note: This seems to be a nod to the "vaccine" profered by Ethan Rom to protect Claire's baby.
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveler returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others we know not of.
  • "The future need not be an undiscovered country. Through science and technology we can turn our inexorable forward motion into a safe journey into a well-charted haven of tranquility." (MFI section of thehansofoundation.org Website)
    • The phrase "undiscovered country" comes from a soliloquy in Shakespeare's Hamlet and refers to the unknown that comes after death:
    • Ostensibly an allusion to Star Trek as well.
  • "To understand how our world is going, we must first seek to understand how the world was made." (ERI section of thehansofoundation.org Website)
  • "Given enough time, there is no end to what human beings can accomplish, no frontiers we cannot cross, and no experiences that we cannot live to pass on to future generations (LEP section of thehansofoundation.org Website)


Theories

  • The only available picture of Alvar Hanso was taken as 'The Swan Orientation' was being filmed. He might have been watching from the outside in.
  • Hanso embedded military ties within the DHARMA Initiative. We only know two DHARMA members, Kelvin and Desmond, to be former military officals with different attitudes towards authority. This alludes to the assumption that Radzinsky also, at some point in his life, was a part of the military.
  • Hanso is Him, the leader of The Others, mentioned by Tom and the faux Henry Gale. Extending the Oz metaphor sometimes connected with the series, this would make Alvar Hanso "the man behind the curtain" aka the Wizard.
    • Hanso might be portrayed by Peter Coyote, narrator of Lost, who has also been theorized to be Him, and the two bear a striking resemblance (note the nose, especially).
      • According to the page on Christian Sheppard, the "narrator" of Lost is former ABC executive Lloyd Braun and not actor Peter Coyote.
  • Hanso is on the island.
  • Hanso is one of the survivors of the flight, or has somehow managed to infiltrate himself with them.
  • The name "Hanso" is likely spelled "Hansø" in Danish. The literal translation of "hans ø" from Danish is "his island".
  • Possibly named after Hans Ørsted, a Danish physicist and chemist whose discoveries inspired the development of electromagnetic theory and the ØRSTED satellite.
  • On the Hanso Foundation Website under the biography of Alvar Hanso, the date under the photo is October 28th, 2003. However, it is the same photo from the Swan Orientation Film, which was supposedly made long before 2003. Is there an explanation for this? -> They just don't want to reveal who Hanso really is?
    • It seems strange that the same picture would be used as a way to keep his identity concealed. It's possible that as an organization sponsored by Hanso, it may have very limited dealings with him, thus the picture used is actually the only picture they've been able to capture.
  • October 28th, 2003 was the date of an extremely massive solar flare (third largest on record) that was expected to cause "a major geomagnetic storm", as it was aimed directly at the Earth. [1]
  • Alvar Hanso, in fact, is the leader of the world. All governments are merely puppets to Hanso and The Hanso Foundation and he is secretly ruling the world, with Mittelwerk as his "Right-Hand Man"
  • The picture of Alvar Hanso bears a strong resemblance to Kelvin "Joe" Inman (played by Clancy Brown).
  • Alvar Hanso may be the elusive box.
  • Hanso is dead, presumebly murdered, and the Foundation is now under control of Thomas Mittelwerk with different motives, using the fame of Alvar Hanso. (hinted by Persephone's concerns regarding Hanso)
  • "hansa" is Vedic Sanskrit for "swan." The repeated word "namaste" on the Hanso website is originally from Sanskrit.
  • The Blast Door Map includes the notation "Caduceus Station believed to have been abandoned due to AH/MDG incident of 1985"
    • AH = Alvar Hanso
    • MDG = Magnetic Discharge Grid. This could be the system that dissipated the magnetic buildup from the Swan Station every 108 minutes.
    • Perhaps it was sabotaged in an attempt to assassinate Alvar Hanso while he was in the Caduceus Station. Someone (The Others? Disgruntled DHARMA test subjects? Mittelwerk's people) could have rigged the system to deliver a lethal energy pulse that would kill Hanso and his bodyguards and assistants. This was the 1985 "incident" that caused the abandonment of the station.
  • The name "Hanso" and the fact he was a weapons manufacturer may be a reference to legendary Japanese swordsmith Hattori Hanzo.
  • A nod to "Han Solo?"
  • May be stranded on the Island just like the Losties. Information released as part of the Lost Experience has revealed that Alvar (or someone looking very much like him) has been spotted in many of the locations shown in flashbacks during LOST. For some reason, Hanso may have wanted to end up on the island. He may have also been aware about the imminent fate of Flight 815.
    • We may even have seen Alvar already on the show, but just not noticed.
  • Everything on the island is a dream by Hanso, that is why so many people seem to have thing to do with his company, like so many Tom's a reminder of his real life worker Thomas Mittlewerk
    • Unlikely, the concept of the island being dreamed up by one person has already been debunked by the creators of the show various times.

Hanso is ______

He is confirmed to be Mr. Beardy from the 1975 Dharma video released in clips via hansoexposed.com. Other potential identities include:

  • Zeke-hanso

    Clue from thehansofoundation.org

    Hanso is Zeke. Compare the grainy photo of Alvar and the one with no beard of Zeke, don't you see some resemblance ? This should match with the sentence "it doesn't match anyone else?" found on thehansofoundation.org while clicking the date below the photo (see screen capture)
  • Alvar Hanso is Bernard, husband of Rose
  • He is Marvin Candle.
  • He is Gerald DeGroot.
  • He is in fact Magnus Hanso, who has unlocked the secret of ageing while stranded on the island.
  • Hanso is "Henry Gale." The smile from the B&W picture has the same creepy quality. Maybe he looks so young because of the result of "life extension" testing, or it could be Henry Gale is a clone of Alvar Hanso groomed to take over when the original died.
    • The word "clone" will never be heard on the show according to the producers. See Season 3/prespoilers date 22-07-06
  • Locke's supposed father Anthony Cooper is Alvar Hanso. Check his resemblance with the image from the "grainy picture".


  • CharlesWidmoreProfile
    Hanso looks a lot like Charles Widmore!


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