Oluf Christian Dietrichson

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Oluf Christian Dietrichson (1856 – 1942) was a Norwegian explorer and military officer. He achieved the rank of Major General, and was commanding officer in Kristiansand from 1918 to 1924. He was a member of the Greenland expedition of 1888 led by Fridtjof Nansen, the first documented crossing of Greenland on skis.^[1] The other participants at the Greenland expedition were Otto Sverdrup, Samuel Balto, Ole Nielsen Ravna and Kristian Kristiansen Trana.^[2]

The whaling vessel Jason, used at the 1888 Greenland expedition

References

↑ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Oluf Christian Dietrichson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
↑ Nansen, Fridtjof (1961) [1890]. På ski over Grønland. Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co. p. 12.

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Name	Dietrichson, Oluf Christian
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Short description	Norwegian general and member of the 1888 Greenland expedition
Date of birth	1856
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Date of death	1942
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