Kristian Kristiansen (explorer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian explorer
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Place of Birth: Steinkjer, Trøndelag, Norway
About Kristian Kristiansen (explorer)
- Kristian Kristiansen (16 February 1865 - 30 June 1943) was a Norwegian explorer who participated in the Greenland expedition of 1888 arranged by Fridtjof Nansen.
- This was the first documented crossing of Greenland.Kristian Kristiansen was born on the Trana farm in Ogndal parish at Steinkjer in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
- He first became acquainted with Otto Sverdrup after Sverdrup's father Ulrik bought the Trana farm in 1874.
- Kristiansen achieved notarity as a cross-country skier when he, as a 13-year-old, came second in a competition for 16-year-olds. In 1888 both Otto Sverdrup and Kristian Kristiansen were selected by Fridtjof Nansen to attend the expedition across Greenland.
- Nansen took him on the recommendation of Sverdrup.
- The other participants were Oluf Christian Dietrichson, Samuel Balto and Ole Nilsen Ravna.
- Kristiansen lived and worked principally at Sneppen in the city center of Steinkjer.
- He spent most of his career employed by the steamship company, Indherreds Aktie-Dampskibsselskab, which was headquartered in Steinkjer.
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