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Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen

1890 - 1965

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Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen (7 June 1890 – 3 June 1965) was a Norwegian aviation pioneer, military officer, polar explorer and businessman. Among his achievements, he is generally regarded a founder of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen is the 424th most popular explorer (down from 412th in 2019). (down from 4,061st in 2019)

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Among explorers, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen ranks 424 out of 498. Before him are Christopher Middleton, Karl Mauch, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Isaac Israel Hayes, Gennady Nevelskoy, and Sámuel Teleki. After him are Androsthenes of Thasos, György Almásy, Finn Ronne, Ivan Moskvitin, François Levaillant, and Anthony de la Roché.

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Among people born in 1890, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen ranks 198. Before him are Gopinath Bordoloi, Robert Armstrong, Julie Vinter Hansen, Luís de Freitas Branco, Ichiya Kumagae, and Zhang Shichuan. After him are Georges Tainturier, Albert Zürner, Isaak Zelensky, Alfred Neveu, Ödön Tersztyánszky, and Grigory Landsberg. Among people deceased in 1965, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen ranks 173. Before him are Hassan Ali Mansur, Mikheil Tsereteli, Jacques Audiberti, Sulamith Goldhaber, Lars Hanson, and Arnold Luhaäär. After him are Daniel Frank, Nancy Carroll, Harry Crerar, W. T. Cosgrave, John Cregan, and Francisco Garza Gutiérrez.

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