Oluf Christian Dietrichson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian general and member of the 1888 Greenland expedition
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Place of Birth: Levanger, Trøndelag, Norway
About Oluf Christian Dietrichson
- Oluf Christian Dietrichson (3 May 1856 – 20 February 1942) was a Norwegian explorer and military officer.
- He was a member of the Greenland expedition of 1888 led by Fridtjof Nansen, the first documented crossing of Greenland.Oluf Dietrichson was born at Skogn (now Levanger) in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
- His father, Peter Wilhelm Kreidahl Dietrichson, was employed as the senior doctor at the Nord-Trøndelag Hospital.
- He received a military education and was commanding officer in Kristiansand from 1918 to 1924.
- Dietrichson continued his military career and advanced to Major General. In 1888, Fridtjof Nansen assembling a team for the purpose of crossing the Greenlandic ice-sheet.
- Dietrichson participated as a metrological surveyor, surveyor and map marker.
- The other participants at the Greenland expedition were Otto Sverdrup, Samuel Balto, Ole Nielsen Ravna and Kristian Kristiansen.
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