Mathias Soggemoen (5 October 1847 – 1929) was a Norwegian railway worker, mountain climbing pioneer and guide.
Mathias Johnsen Soggemoen was born the oldest of seven siblings in
Rauma in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...
, Norway. In 1875, he married Ingeborg Olsdatter Sogge Brekken and settled at the village of
Veblungsnes
Veblungsnes is a village located in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village lies along Romsdal Fjord just across the mouth of the Rauma River from the town of Åndalsnes. The European route E136 highway runs through the ...
. They were the parents of nine children. Later in life, Mathias and Ingeborg Soggemoen emigrated to America with several of their children.
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Soggemoen is known for a number of first ascents of Norwegian mountains.]Store Austanbotntind
Store Austanbotntind (official form on maps ''Store Austanbotntinden'') is a mountain on the border of the municipalities of Luster and Årdal in Vestland county, Norway. It is the highest peak in the western part of the Hurrungane mountain rang ...
(1883, with Carl Hall), Store Styggedalstinden
Store Styggedalstind, is the fourth-highest summit in Norway, located within the Hurrungane mountains, which are part of the Jotunheimen mountain range. The mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland count ...
(1883, with Hall), Midtre Skagastølstind
Midtre Skagastølstind is one of the peaks constituting Skagastølstindane ("Skagastøl peaks") in the Hurrungane mountain range. The tall mountain lies in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. The mountain ...
(1884, with Hall), Hjelledalstind (1884, with Hall), Storebjørn
Storebjørn () is a mountain in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about southwest of the village of Fossbergom and about ...
(1884, with Hall), and Sentraltind
Sentraltind (also known as ''Sentraltinden'' or ''Vestre Styggedalstind'') is a mountain in the Hurrungane mountains in the Jotunheimen mountain range. The tall mountain is located in the eastern part of the municipality of Luster in Vestland ...
(1885, with Hall and Torger S. Sulheim). He also climbed Romsdalshornet
Romsdalshornet is a mountain in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain is located southeast of the town of Åndalsnes, along the Rauma River in the Romsdalen valley. The Rauma railway line and the European ...
in 1881.Saksi
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( 2,189 m.a.s.l.
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The com ...
).
References
1847 births
1929 deaths
People from Rauma, Norway
Norwegian mountain climbers
Mountain guides
Norwegian emigrants to the United States
Sportspeople from Møre og Romsdal
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