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Fridtjof Nansen Land (Norwegian: Fridtjof Nansens Land) was a suggested but not officially adopted Norwegian name of a territory on the southern East Coast of Greenland,[1][2] that was proclaimed by Norway on July 12, 1932, and occupied until April 5, 1933. It was named after Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. The short-lived territory occupied much of King Frederick VI Coast, which had been claimed a century before by the Danish crown.
| Fridtjof Nansen Land Fridtjof Nansens Land | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrecognized territory | |||||||||
| 1932–1933 | |||||||||
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 The southern yellow area is Fridtjof Nansen Land, and the northern Eirik Raudes Land | |||||||||
| Capital | Finnsbu (unofficial) | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 62°5′0.00″N 42°9′19.25″W / 62.0833333°N 42.1553472°W | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1932–1933 | Haakon VII | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1932–1933 | Finn Devold | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Norwegian proclamation | 12 July 1932 | ||||||||
• Territory awarded to Denmark | 5 April 1933 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Ammassalik Municipality, now part of Sermersooq | ||||||||
The main settlements of the territory were Finnsbu in the north, with Trollbotn and Vogtsbu nearby, and Torgilsbu in the south.
Fridtjof Nansen Land was also a proposed name of the archipelago Franz Josef Land, a territory to which Norway had claims.[3]
References
edit- ^ Einar-Arne Drivenes and Harald Dag Jølle: Norsk Polarhistorie Gyldendal, 2004, ISBN 8205326541, page 407
- ^ Oddvar Svendsen: Radiobølger i isødet
- ^ Barr, Susan (1995). Franz Josef Land, p. 95. Oslo: Norwegian Polar Institute. ISBN 8276660959
Further reading
edit- Susan Barr: Norway, a consistent polar nation? Analysis of an image seen through the history of the Norwegian Polar Institute. Kolofon, Oslo 2003, ISBN 8230000263
- Gunnar Horn: Recent Norwegian Expeditions to South-East Greenland. Norges Svalbard- og Ishavs-undersøkelser, Meddelelse Nr. 45, Oslo 1939
- William J. Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, vol. 2 "ABC-CLIO", Santa Barbara 2003 ISBN 1576074226, p. 273