Sverdrup (disambiguation)

Sverdrup (disambiguation)

Several people share the family name Sverdrup:
*Georg Sverdrup (1770-1850), founder of a Norwegian university library
*Georg Sverdrup (President of Augsburg Seminary) (1848-1907)
*George Sverdrup, son of Georg, also president of Augsburg Seminary from 1911 to 1937
*George Sverdrup, technology manager of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
*Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, an oceanographer.
*Johan Sverdrup, prime minister of Norway.
*Leif J. Sverdrup, a Norwegian-American civil engineer.
*Otto Neumann Sverdrup, a Norwegian explorer.

Named for these:
*Sverdrup, a unit of volume flux
*Sverdrup balance, an oceanographic theory
*Sverdrup Pass, a pass on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
*Sverdrup Islands, Arctic islands
*Sverdrup, a lunar crater near the Moon's south pole
*Sverdrup Township, Minnesota


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