Fridtjof Nansen Land
Former Norwegian territory in Greenland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fridtjof Nansen Land (Norwegian: Fridtjof Nansens Land) was a suggested but not officially adopted Norwegian name of a territory on the southern East Coast of Greenland,[1][2] that was proclaimed by Norway on July 12, 1932, and occupied until April 5, 1933. It was named after Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. The short-lived territory occupied much of King Frederick VI Coast, which had been claimed a century before by the Danish crown.
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Unrecognized territory | |||||||||
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The southern yellow area is Fridtjof Nansen Land, and the northern Eirik Raudes Land | |||||||||
Capital | Finnsbu (unofficial) | ||||||||
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• Coordinates | 62°5′0.00″N 42°9′19.25″W | ||||||||
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• 1932–1933 | Haakon VII | ||||||||
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• 1932–1933 | Finn Devold | ||||||||
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• Norwegian proclamation | 12 July 1932 | ||||||||
• Territory awarded to Denmark | 5 April 1933 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Ammassalik Municipality, now part of Sermersooq |
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The main settlements of the territory were Finnsbu in the north, with Trollbotn and Vogtsbu nearby, and Torgilsbu in the south.
Fridtjof Nansen Land was also a proposed name of the archipelago Franz Josef Land, a territory to which Norway had claims.[3]