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Svolværgeita
Geita or Svolværgeita () is a tall pinnacle at the southwest face of the mountain Fløyfjellet (Nordland), Fløyfjellet on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The high Fløyfjellet is located on the edge of the town of Svolvær in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The first recorded time a climber reached the summit of Svolværgeita was on 1 August 1910 in Norway, 1910 by Ferdinand Schjelderup, Alf Bonnevie Bryn, and Carl Wilhelm Rubenson. Name The official name of the mountain is ''Geita''. The name is the finite form of ''geit'' which means "goat" since the mountain has two "horns". The two horns are called ''Storhorn'' and ''Lillehorn''. By descending from Storhorn, it is common to jump over a wide gap and land safely on Lillehorn, while viewing the town cemetery below. The name is unofficially prefixed with "Svolvær" since it is located in that town. First ascent The ''1910 Route'' was first climbed by Bryn, Schjelderup, and Rubinson. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Bonnevie Bryn
Alf Bonnevie Bryn (26 August 1889 – 12 September 1949) was a Norwegian patent engineer, mountaineer, golf player, novelist and non-fiction writer. Personal life Bryn was born in Oslo, Kristiania, the son of Alfred Jørgen Bryn and a grandson of Jacob Aall Bonnevie. He was married to Sofie Lind Mortensen from 1912 to 1920, to Sigrid Gude from 1921 to 1945, and to Bodil Harriet Martinsen from 1946. He died in Oslo in 1949. Career Bryn finished his examen artium, secondary education in 1906, and then enrolled for engineering studies in Switzerland. He was an eager climber, and was a co-founder of the mountaineering club Norsk Tindeklub in 1908. He made several first ascents in Switzerland, Corsica and Norway, including the first successful ascent of Stetind in 1910 (together with Ferdinand Schjelderup and Carl Wilhelm Rubenson). Among his 1910 climbs were also first ascents of the Lofoten summits Svolværgeita and Trakta, both times accompanied by Schjelderup and Rubenson, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svolvær
(Norwegian language, Norwegian, ), , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, along the Vestfjorden. The town has a population (2023) of 4,736 and a population density of . History The first town formation known in North Norway, ''Vågar'', was situated around the narrow, natural harbor near Kabelvåg, just west of Svolvær. Vågar is mentioned in the book Heimskringla, and might have been established as early as the year 800 AD. Atlantic Cod fisheries, particularly during winter months, have remained one of the most important economical foundations for the town. Other industries which have proved to be valuable resources for Vågan are fish farming (salmon), Secora and Lofotkraft. Name The town (and former municipality) is named after the old ''Svolvær'' farm () since the town grew up on the site of the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 In Norway
Incumbents *Monarch – Haakon VII. *Prime Minister – Gunnar Knudsen (until 1 February); Wollert Konow Events *15 February – Norsk Gjærde- og Metaldukfabrik established. *30 April – The Parliament passes a resolution about universal suffrage for women in municipal elections. *29 May – ''Nationalforeningen mot tuberkulose'' founded. *13 July – The railway line Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn opened. *30 July – First ascent of Stetind, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup. *1 August – First ascent of Svolværgeita, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup. *3 August – First ascent of Trakta, by Bryn, Rubenson and Schjelderup. *15 September – Norwegian Institute of Technology (''Norges Tekniske Høgskole'', (''NTH'')) is opened in Trondheim. *4 December – The railway line from Flisa to Elverum opened. * Municipal and county elections are held throughout the country. * Bøkfjord Lighthouse is established at the mouth of Bøkfjorden, outside Kirkenes. Popular culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Schjelderup
Ferdinand Schjelderup (8 March 1886 – 30 July 1955) was a Norwegian mountaineer, Supreme Court Justice and resistance member during the German occupation of Norway. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as the son of Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup and Inga Berven. He was the brother of Gunnar Schjelderup, and through his aunt Berte, Ferdinand was a nephew of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne. In 1914, he married Marie Leigh Vogt, daughter of Paul Benjamin Vogt and his wife Andrea Heyerdahl and granddaughter of Niels Petersen Vogt. They had three children, the most famous being their son Thorleif Schjelderup, born 1920, who became a well-known ski jumper, with an Olympic bronze medal from 1948. He married American singer Anne Brown. Their two daughters were Liv and Daisy, educated respectively as medical doctor and architect. Daisy Schelderup also worked as a translator and was active in the anti-nuclear movement. Jurist and resistance member He worked as a Suprem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Wilhelm Rubenson
Carl Wilhelm Rubenson (30 July 1885 – 29 July 1960) was a Swedish-born Norwegian mountaineer and non-fiction writer. Personal life Rubenson was born in Stockholm to landowner Carl Otto Rubenson and Elise Johansen. He married Ragnhild Fougner in 1911. Climbing career In 1906 Rubenson made several first ascents in Jotunheimen, together with Ferdinand Schjelderup and Agnes Jachelln. In October 1907, Ingvald Monrad Aas and he reached a height of 7,270 m at the Himalayan mountain Kabru, possibly the highest altitude anybody had reached until then. However, Rubenson and Aas themselves believed that Graham, Boss, and Kaufmann had reached the same point on Kabru in 1883, an opinion shared with most contemporary climbers and supported by recent analysis.Willy Blaser and Glyn HughesKabru 1883, a reassessment ''The Alpine Journal'' 2009, p. 219 He co-founded the Norwegian mountaineering club Norsk Tindeklub in 1908, together with Alf Bryn, Ferdinand Schjelderup, Henning Tønsberg a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stetind
or is a mountain in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the village of Kjøpsvik. The mountain has very smooth sides reaching all the way to the fjord. Stetinden has an obelisk-shape which gives it a very distinct look. In 2002 it was voted to be the "National Mountain" of Norway by listeners of NRK. The coat of arms of Narvik Municipality is based on the silhouette of this mountain. Climbing The mountain had several attempts at first ascents. First was the German Paul Güssfeldt and the Norwegian Martin Ekroll in the summer of 1888. The Dane Carl Hall and the Norwegian mountain guide Mathias Soggemoen attempted in 1889. Neither group succeeded, but Carl Hall built a cairn on the lower summit about southeast of the main summit. That cairn is now called ''Halls fortopp'' (elevation ). In 1904, William Cecil Slingsby also failed to reach the summit. It was not until 30 July 1910 that Ferdinand Schjelderup, Carl Wilhelm Ruben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vågan Municipality
Vågan () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the List of towns and cities in Norway, town of Svolvær. Some of the villages in Vågan include Digermulen, Gimsøysand, Gravermarka, Henningsvær, Hopen, Vågan, Hopen, Kabelvåg, Kleppstad, Laupstad, Liland, Vågan, Liland, Skrova, Straumnes, and Sydalen. The municipality is the 209th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vågan is the 117th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,793. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period. General information Vågan was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1856, the northwestern part of Vågan Municipality (population: 987) was separated to form the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west. The county was formerly known as ''Nordlandene amt''. The county administration is in the Bodø (town), town of Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. In the southern part of the county is Vega Municipality, Vega, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Districts The county is divided into traditional districts. These are Helgeland in the south (south of the Arctic Circle), Salten in the centre, and Ofoten in the north-east. In the north-west lie the archipelagoes of Lofoten and Vesterålen. Geography Nordland is located along the northwestern coast of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Norway. Due to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climbing Routes
A climbing route () is a path by which a Climbing, climber reaches the top of a mountain, a rock face or an ice-covered obstacle. The details of a climbing route are recorded in a climbing guidebook and/or in an online climbing-route database. Details recorded will include elements such as the type of climbing route (e.g. bouldering route, sport climbing route, traditional climbing route, ice climbing route, and alpine climbing route, etc.), the Grade (climbing), difficulty grade of the route–and beta (climbing), beta on its crux (climbing), crux(es)–and any risk or commitment grade, the length and number of pitch (climbing), pitches of the route, and the climbing equipment (e.g. climbing protection gear) that is needed to complete the route. There are definitions as to what is a valid ascent of a route (e.g. the redpoint (climbing), redpoint in rock climbing), and the class or style of ascent (e.g. onsighted, flash (climbing), flashed). The coveted first ascent (FA), first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trakta
Litlkorsnestinden, (nicknamed: ''Trakta'', ) is a mountain in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The tall mountain lies on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, just south of the Trollfjorden. The summit is the most difficult to reach in Norway; there is no trail for the long approach which is often extremely difficult terrain and the easiest route through the Northwest ridge is a mountaineer route graded 3N. It was first ascended in 1910 by Alf Bonnevie Bryn, Ferdinand Schjelderup and Carl Wilhelm Rubenson Carl Wilhelm Rubenson (30 July 1885 – 29 July 1960) was a Swedish-born Norwegian mountaineer and non-fiction writer. Personal life Rubenson was born in Stockholm to landowner Carl Otto Rubenson and Elise Johansen. He married Ragnhild Fougne .... References Hadsel Mountains of Nordland {{Nordland-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran around 10,000 years ago. Goats have been used for milk, Goat meat, meat, Animal fur, wool, and Animal skin, skins across much of the world. Milk from goats is often turned into goat cheese, cheese. In 2022, there were more than 1.1 billion goats living in the world, of which 150 million were in India. Goats feature in mythology, folklore, and religion in many parts of the world, including in the classical myth of Amalthea (mythology), Amalthea, in Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, the goats that pulled the chariot of the Norse god Thor, in the Scandinavian Yule goat, and in Hinduism's goat-headed Daksha. In Christianity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAF Veibok
''NAF Veibok'' is a triannual publication issued by the Norwegian Automobile Federation. The book contains road maps, route descriptions and other road information. The first edition of the book came in 1928. The 29th edition, published in 2010, contains a total of about 800 pages, including an atlas An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of world map, maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth. Advances in astronomy have also resulted in atlases of the celestial sphere or of other planets. Atlases have traditio ... of 136 map pages of a scale of 1:400,000, covering the Norwegian mainland. References Norwegian books Travel guide books Academic journals established in 1928 1928 establishments in Norway Maps of Norway Atlases {{Norway-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
