Finn Salomonsen

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Finn Salomonsen (31 January 1909 - 23 April 1983) was a Danish ornithologist. He is best known for his work on the birds of Greenland.

His interest in Greenland began at the age of 16 when he made a trip with Lehn Schioler to the Upernavik District. He obtained a degree in zoology in 1932 and joined as a zoological assistant in the Danish Nature Reserves. He worked on migration of birds and moulting patterns extensively.

Salomonsen's work included over scientific publications, and authorship or co-authorship of 19 books. Apart from research in the Greenland and Arctic region, he went on expeditions to the Philippines (1951-1952) and to the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea (1962).[1] He was editor of the Dansk Ornithologisk Forenings Tidsskrift from 1942 to 1961.

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  1. ^ Cooch, F. G. (1986) IN MEMORIAM: FINN SALOMONSEN, 1909-1983. The Auk 103(4):811. PDF

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