EXPLORER

Helmer Hanssen

1870 - 1956

Photo of Helmer Hanssen

Icon of person Helmer Hanssen

Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 August 1956) was a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer. He participated in three of the polar expeditions led by Roald Amundsen and was one of the first five explorers to reach the South Pole. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helmer Hanssen is the 321st most popular explorer (down from 308th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Norway (down from 213th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Helmer Hanssen by language

Loading...

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Helmer Hanssen ranks 321 out of 498. Before him are Louis Jolliet, Snorri Thorfinnsson, John C. Frémont, Peter Freuchen, Eduard von Toll, and Juan de Fuca. After him are Henricus Martellus Germanus, João Fernandes Lavrador, Semyon Chelyuskin, Theodor Kotschy, Hermann Wissmann, and Pedro Tafur.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Helmer Hanssen ranks 106. Before him are Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Masabumi Hosono, Yi Jun-yong, Peter Struve, Evgeny Paton, and Albert Sechehaye. After him are Magnus Enckell, Albert Meyer, Dadasaheb Phalke, Henri Jaspar, Safvet-beg Bašagić, and John Isaac Briquet. Among people deceased in 1956, Helmer Hanssen ranks 127. Before him are Ágnes Esterházy, John Geiger, Touria Chaoui, Truxtun Hare, Johannes Gabriel Granö, and E. A. Dupont. After him are Johann Radon, Paul Renner, Navvab Safavi, Tommy Dorsey, Willem Hendrik Keesom, and Hans Carossa.

Others Born in 1870

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1956

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Helmer Hanssen ranks 226 out of 1,039. Before him are Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Alf Prøysen (1914), Harriet Bosse (1878), Niels Juel (1629), and Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969). After him are Toralf Engan (1936), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Kristen Nygaard (1926), Nina Grieg (1845), and Nora Brockstedt (1923).

Others born in Norway

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Helmer Hanssen ranks 16. Before him are Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Helge Ingstad (1899), Thekla Resvoll (1871), Oscar Wisting (1871), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), and Jens Munk (1579). After him are Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Knut Haugland (1917), Grímur Kamban (801), Finn Ronne (1899), and Sverre Hassel (1876).

Norwegian born Explorers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous