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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Finland-Swedish explorer who first navigated the Northeast Passage.

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Nordenskiöld was born in 1832 in Helsinki and spent his early youth at the Frugård Manor in Mäntsälä.[1] He studied mathematics, geology, chemistry and mineralogy at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki, receiving his master's degree in 1853.[1] He fled to Sweden in 1857 as a political refugee after again arousing the suspicion of the authorities.[2] Nordenskiöld settled in Stockholm and became Director of the Mineralogical Department of the Swedish Museum of Natural History.[2]

He led the first navigation of the northern coasts of Europe and Asia on the SS Vega, starting from Karlskrona on 22 June 1878.[3] On Saturday, 22 November 1862, at Hotel Phoenix in Stockholm, Nordenskiöld was among the founders of the men's club Sällskapet Idun.[4][5] In April 1880, after returning to Sweden, he was granted the title of baron and also appointed a commander of the Order of the North Star.[3] The Swedish Academy elected Nordenskiöld to its 12th chair in 1893.[6]

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The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme states that Nordenskiöld's collection is one of the most complete in its kind, most comprehensive concerning the oldest printed cartographic atlases.[7] He was the founder of the history of cartography.[7] The National Library of Sweden records that Sällskapet Idun was founded on Saturday 22 November 1862 at Hotel Phoenix.[5] The initiators of Sällskapet Idun included artists Edvard Bergh and Johan Fredrik Höckert, composer Ivar Hallström, researcher and professor Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, professor and rector Axel Key, and librarian Harald Wieselgren.[5]

Finland submitted the A.E. Nordenskiöld Collection, which was added to UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register in 1997.[8][7]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: af Forselles-Riska, "Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik (1832 – 1901)", National Biography of Finland; "Alikartano Manor", Uusimaa Museum Guide, 6 March 2021; af Forselles-Riska, "Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik (1832 – 1901)", National Biography of Finland; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: af Forselles-Riska, "Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik (1832 – 1901)", National Biography of Finland; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sällskapet Idun - ARKEN", National Library of Sweden (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. "Sällskapet Idun - ARKEN", National Library of Sweden. facts only, no text reused. arken.kb.se
  6. Wikipedia, "Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: af Forselles-Riska, "Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik (1832 – 1901)", National Biography of Finland; "The Geological Society of London", 20 February 1900, p. 5; "Nomination Database", www.nobelprize.org, April 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. "The A.E. Nordenskiöld Collection", UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. facts only, no text reused. unesco.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: af Forselles-Riska, "Nordenskiöld, Adolf Erik (1832 – 1901)", National Biography of Finland; "The A.E. Nordenskiöld Collection", UNESCO Memory of the World Programme (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

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