Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

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Arctic explorer explorer geologist human

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld was a Finnish-Swedish Arctic explorer and geologist best known for leading the Vega expedition that achieved the first complete navigation of the Northeast Passage.

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Label Occurrences
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld canonical 8
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld 2
Nordenskjöld 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic explorer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal ⓘ
surface form: Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society

Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ⓘ
surface form: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts

Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal ⓘ
burialPlace Norra begravningsplatsen ⓘ
surface form: Norra begravningsplatsen, Stockholm
citizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
countryOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
countryOfDeath Sweden ⓘ
countryOfNobility Sweden ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1832-11-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1901-08-12 ⓘ
employer Stockholm University ⓘ
surface form: University of Stockholm
ethnicGroup Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
expeditionLed Vega expedition ⓘ
familyName Nordenskiöld Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Nordenskiöld
fieldOfWork Arctic exploration ⓘ
geography ⓘ
geology ⓘ
givenName Adolf ⓘ
Erik ⓘ
hasRelative Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Otto Nordenskjöld ⓘ
knownFor Vega expedition ⓘ
first complete navigation of the Northeast Passage ⓘ
polar exploration ⓘ
languageSpoken Finnish ⓘ
German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
memberOf Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld self-link ⓘ
nobleTitle baron ⓘ
notableWork Vega expedition ⓘ
surface form: Vega expedition 1878–1880

explorations in Greenland ⓘ
explorations in Svalbard ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Helsinki ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dalby, Scania ⓘ
routeCompleted Northeast Passage ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
shipUsed SS Vega ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northeast Passage → firstCompleteTransitLeader → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
Vega expedition → commander → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
Vega expedition → leader → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
Vega expedition → commandedBy → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld → name → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld self-link ⓘ
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld → hasRelative → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Nordenskiöld Archipelago → namedAfter → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
SS Vega → commandedBy → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
SS Vega → carried → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
Otto Nordenskjöld → familyName → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nordenskjöld
Otto Nordenskjöld → relative → Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld