Fridtjof Nansen Land
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| Fridtjof Nansen Land Fridtjof Nansens Land | |||||||||
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| Unrecognized territory | |||||||||
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 The southern yellow area is Fridtjof Nansen Land, and the northernEirik Raudes Land | |||||||||
| Capital | Finnsbu(unofficial) | ||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 62°5′0.00″N42°9′19.25″W/ 62.0833333°N 42.1553472°W | ||||||||
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• 1932–1933 | Haakon VII | ||||||||
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• 1932–1933 | Finn Devold | ||||||||
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• Norwegian proclamation | 12 July 1932 | ||||||||
•Territory awarded to Denmark | 5 April 1933 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Ammassalik Municipality,now part ofSermersooq | ||||||||
Fridtjof Nansen Land(Norwegian:Fridtjof Nansens Land) was a suggested but not officially adopted Norwegian name of a territory on the southern East Coast ofGreenland,[1][2]that was proclaimed byNorwayon July 12, 1932, and occupied until April 5, 1933. It was named after Norwegian polar explorerFridtjof Nansen.The short-lived territory occupied much ofKing Frederick VI Coast,which had been claimed a century before by the Danish crown.
The main settlements of the territory wereFinnsbuin the north, withTrollbotnandVogtsbunearby, andTorgilsbuin the south.
Fridtjof Nansen Land was also a proposed name of the archipelagoFranz Josef Land,a territory to which Norway had claims.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Einar-Arne Drivenes and Harald Dag Jølle:Norsk PolarhistorieGyldendal, 2004,ISBN8205326541,page 407
- ^Oddvar Svendsen: Radiobølger i isødet
- ^Barr, Susan (1995).Franz Josef Land,p. 95. Oslo: Norwegian Polar Institute.ISBN8276660959
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,ISBN8230000263
- 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 2003ISBN1576074226,p. 273
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- States and territories established in 1932
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- Former Norwegian colonies
- Permanent Court of International Justice cases
- 1933 in international relations
- Denmark–Norway relations
- 1930s in Norway
- 1930s in Denmark
- 1930s in Greenland
- 1932 establishments in North America
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- Territorial disputes of Norway
- Fridtjof Nansen