The Norwegian Geographical Society (in
Norwegian
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: Det norske geografiske Selskab) is a Norwegian
learned society
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founded in 1889.
Among the initiators was geologist
Hans Henrik Reusch, who chaired the society from 1898 to 1903, and again from 1907 to 1909, and was also an honorary member.
In a speech at the society in January 1890 polar researcher
Fridtjof Nansen proposed the
Fram expedition, an attempt to reach the
North Pole
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, and the building of the polar ship
Fram.
The society has published the ''
Norwegian Journal of Geography
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''Norwegian Journal of Geography'' ( no, Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Routledge on behalf of the Norwegian Geographical Society. It covers geographical topics of interest to Norwegian res ...
'' since 1926.
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Geographic societies
Organisations based in Oslo
1889 establishments in Norway
Organizations established in 1889
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