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Nordenskiöld (surname)
The Nordenskiöld family or Nordenskjöld (, ) is a Finnish nobility, Finnish and Swedish nobility, Swedish noble family, which in 1894 also became part of the German nobility, Prussian nobility. Notable members ''Nordenskiöld branch'': * Otto Henrik Nordenskiöld (1747–1832), Swedish Admiral * August Nordenskiöld (1754–1792), alchemist, brother of Otto Henrik * Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901), scientist and explorer, son of Nils Gustaf * Bengt Nordenskiöld (1891–1983), Swedish Air Force general * Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld (1917–2003), Swedish Air Force major general, son of Bengt * Erik Nordenskiöld (1872–1933), zoologist and science historian * Erland Nordenskiöld (1877–1932), archeologist and anthropologist, younger son of Adolf Erik * Günter von Nordenskjöld (1910–1997), German politician (CDU) * Gustaf Nordenskiöld (1868–1895), scholar, elder son of Adolf Erik * Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld (1792–1866), mineralogist and traveller ''Nordenskj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of House Of Nordenskiöld
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Erland Nordenskiöld
Baron Nils Erland Herbert Nordenskiöld (19 July 1877 – 5 July 1932) was a Swedish archeologist and anthropologist. Nordenskiöld's research focused on the ethnography and prehistory of South America. Biography He was born in Stockholm, the son of N. A. E. Nordenskiöld. He was educated at Uppsala, was connected with the Museum of Natural History at Stockholm (1906–08), and became director of the ethnographic division of the Göteborg Museum (1913). He made journeys of discovery in Patagonia (1899), in Argentina and Bolivia (1901–02), in Peru and Bolivia (1904–05), in Bolivia (1908–09), and in 1913 in the interior of South America. From these journeys he brought home large collections to Gothenburg where he was head of the Ethnographical Museum. In 1912 he was awarded the Loubat Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and the Wahlberg gold medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. He was elected a foreign membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Noble Families
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Swedish-speaking Finns
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Kansallisbiografia
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Otto Nordenskjöld
Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer. Early life Nordenskjöld was born in Hässleby in Småland in eastern Sweden, in a family that included his maternal uncle, the polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, and cousin Gustaf Nordenskiöld. His father and mother were cousins, but his father's family name was "Nordenskjöld", while his mother's family name was spelled "Nordenskiöld". He studied at Uppsala University, obtaining a doctorate in geology in 1894, and later became a lecturer and then associate professor in the university's geology department. Career Otto Nordenskjöld led mineralogical expeditions to Patagonia in the 1890s, and to Alaska and the Klondike area in 1898. Antarctic Expedition Nordenskjöld led the 1901–1904 Swedish Antarctic Expedition. Their ship ''Antarctic'', commanded by the seasoned Antarctic sailor Carl Anton Larsen, visited Buenos Aires and the Falkla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld
Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld (October 12, 1792 – February 2, 1866) was a Finnish mineralogist and traveller. He was the father of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, a mineralogist and polar explorer Life Nordenskiöld was born on October 12, 1792, in Mäntsälä in southern Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. After studying mineralogy in Helsingfors, now better known as Helsinki, and in Sweden, Nordenskiöld was appointed an inspector of mines in Finland. Finland had by now been transferred to Russia, as an autonomous Grand Duchy. On October 3, 1819, Nordenskiöld was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Academy had been established pursuant to the order of the Peter I of Russia by the Decree of the Ruling Senate dated January 28 (February 8), 1724. In 1853, he was also elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Nordenskiöld described and discovered a number of minerals previously unknown in Finland and Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaf Nordenskiöld
Gustaf Nordenskiöld (29 June 1868 – 6 June 1895) was a Sweden, Swedish scholar of Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Finnish-Swedish descent who was the first to scientifically study the Ancestral Puebloans, ancient Pueblo cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park#Gustaf Nordenski.C3.B6ld, Mesa Verde. He was a member of the Nordenskiöld (surname), Nordenskiöld family of scientists and the eldest son of polar explorer Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and his equally aristocratic wife, Anna Maria Mannerheim (family), Mannerheim. Nordenskiöld was featured on the Ken Burns PBS series ''The National Parks: America's Best Idea''. Early life Nordenskiöld completed school at Beskowska skolan in Stockholm and studied at Uppsala University and the new Stockholm University, graduating with a B.A. from Uppsala in 1889. The next year (1890) he traveled to Svalbard together with J. A. Björling and A. Klinckowström, bringing a collection of plant fossils back to the Swedish Museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günter Von Nordenskjöld
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Erik Nordenskiöld
Erik Nordenskiöld (November 23, 1872 – April 28, 1933) was a Finnish-Swedish aristocrat, zoologist and historian of science. He was the nephew of the explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901) and was best known for his work on arachnids and a pioneering work on the history of biology. Life and work Nordenskiöld was born in the Frugård manor in Mäntsälä, Uusimaa, in a family of scholars. His grandfather had been a mineralogist and his uncle was the explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901) while his father was a well known agriculturist. The family library and cabinet of curiosities was considered among the richest in Finland. He studied geology and zoology at the Alexander University of Helsinki from 1890. His first work was on the origin of the earth in 1892. A member of the Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, he published on the water mites of the region from 1894 to 1913. He also published a dissertation in 1898 on the morphology and evolution of the Hydrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Nobility
The Finnish nobility (; ) was historically a privileged Social class, class in Finland, deriving from its period as part of Sweden and the Russian Empire. Noble families and their descendants are still a part of Finnish republican society, but except for the titles themselves, no longer retain any specific or granted privileges. A majority of Finnish nobles have traditionally been Swedish-speakers using their titles mostly in Swedish. The Finnish nobility today has some 6,000 male and female members. The Finnish nobility is organized into classes according to a scheme introduced in the Act on the Organisation of the House of Nobility (Fi. ''Ritarihuonejärjestys'', Sw. ''Riddarhusordningen''). The ranks (compare with royal and noble ranks) granted were (''Swedish'' / ''Finnish''): * ''furste'' / ''ruhtinas'' (corresponding approximately to prince, crowned or Sovereign Prince in the German sense. Compare William, Prince of Wales, William, crowned Prince of Wales and Albert II, Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claës-Henrik Nordenskiöld
Major General Claës-Henrik Bengtsson (B:son) Nordenskiöld (28 July 1917 – 11 November 2003) was a Swedish Air Force officer and sailor. He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1966 to 1970 and Acting Chief of the Air Force in 1968. Early life Nordenskiöld was born on 28 July 1917 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of General Bengt Nordenskiöld and his wife Dagmar Werner. After passing '' studentexamen'' he enrolled at the Swedish Air Force Flying School where he finished first in his class. Career Nordenskiöld was commissioned as an officer with the rank of second lieutenant in the Swedish Air Force in 1941. Nordenskiöld quickly made a career, first as squadron commander at Svea Wing (F 8). He was promoted to lieutenant in 1943 and served as deputy defense attaché in Washington, D.C. from 1943 to 1945 and was promoted to captain in 1948 and to major in 1953. Nordenskiöld also passed the staff course at the Royal Swedish Air Force Staff College. He was head of the Swedish Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
