Finn Lützow-Holm
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Finn Trond Lützow-Holm (28 May 1890 – 4 June 1950) was a Norwegian military officer, aviation pioneer and polar explorer.
He was born in Nesseby Municipality as a son of priest and politician Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm (1853–1936) and Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen (1855–1934).[1] His mother was a daughter of Peter Andreas Jensen and granddaughter of Hans Riddervold.[2] In May 1918 he married headmaster's daughter Birgit Lund (1893–1983).[1] Their daughter, named Birgit as well, married Alv Johnsen.[3]
Finn Lützow-Holm took part in the air surveyance of the Bouvet Island and of the Queen Maud Land in 1929 and 1931, together with Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen. He was commander of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service from 1938.[1]
Decorations and awards[edit | edit source]
- Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav - 1929
- Defence Medal 1940–1945
- Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal
- Norwegian Aero Club's Gold Medal,
- Gunnerus Medal in silver,
- French Legion of Honour
- Italian Al Valor Aeronautica
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References[edit | edit source]
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- 1890 births
- 1950 deaths
- People from Nesseby
- Aviation pioneers
- Norwegian explorers of Antarctica
- Explorers of the Arctic
- Norwegian aviators
- Recipients of the Legion of Honour
- Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service personnel of World War II
- Royal Norwegian Navy personnel of World War II