List of Famous people with last name Sverdrup

Otto Sverdrup

First Name Otto

Last Name Sverdrup

Born on October 31, 1854

Died on November 26, 1930 (aged 76)

Born in Norway, Nordland

Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer.

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Harald Sverdrup

First Name Harald

Born on November 15, 1888

Died on August 21, 1957 (aged 68)

Born in Norway, Vestland

Harald Ulrik Sverdrup was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist. He was director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and director of the Norwegian Polar Institute.

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Johan Sverdrup

First Name Johan

Born on July 30, 1816

Died on February 17, 1892 (aged 75)

Born in Norway, Vestfold og Telemark

Johan Sverdrup was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first prime minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism. Sverdrup was prime minister from 1884 to 1889.

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Georg Sverdrup

First Name Georg

Last Name Sverdrup

Born on April 25, 1770

Died on December 8, 1850 (aged 80)

Born in Norway, Trøndelag

Georg Sverdrup was a Norwegian statesman, best known as one of the presidents of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in Eidsvoll in 1814. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and was also responsible for the development of the first Norwegian university library.

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