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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
1832 – 1901
About this person
Finland Swedish baron, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer (1832–1901)
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 18, 1832
Helsinki
Date of death
August 12, 1901
Dalbyö gård
Citizenship
Sweden · Grand Duchy of Finland
Occupations & fields
historian of cartographycartographerwritergeologistgeographerarctic explorer
Awards & honours
Murchison MedalPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderConstantin MedalVega MedalFounder’s MedalGrande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
- Field and occupation
- finsko-švédský botanik
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