Sverdrup (disambiguation)
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Several people share the family name Sverdrup:
- Georg Sverdrup (1770-1850), founder of a Norwegian university library
- Georg Sverdrup (President of Augsburg Seminary) (1848-1907)
- George Sverdrup, son of Georg, also president of Augsburg Seminary from 1911 to 1937
- George Sverdrup, technology manager of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, an oceanographer.
- Johan Sverdrup, prime minister of Norway.
- Leif J. Sverdrup, a Norwegian-American civil engineer.
- Otto Neumann Sverdrup, a Norwegian explorer.
Named for these:
- Sverdrup, a unit of volume flux
- Sverdrup balance, an oceanographic theory
- Sverdrup Pass, a pass on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
- Sverdrup Islands, Arctic islands
- Sverdrup Crater, a lunar crater near the Moon's south pole
- Sverdrup Township, Minnesota