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Jens Munk

1579 - 1628

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Jens Eriksen Munk (3 June 1579 – 24 June 1628) was a Danish-Norwegian navigator and explorer. He entered into the service of King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway and is most noted for his attempts to find the Northwest Passage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Munk is the 309th most popular explorer (down from 258th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Norway (down from 179th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jens Munk ranks 309 out of 498. Before him are Ippolito Rosellini, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Philip Carteret, John McDouall Stuart, Jacques Labillardière, and Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón. After him are Nicolas Baudin, Wilfred Thesiger, Masabumi Hosono, Nikolai Spathari, Isidore of Charax, and Louis Jolliet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Jens Munk ranks 11. Before him are Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Fletcher, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, and Juan Pablo Bonet. After him are Luis Vélez de Guevara, Johannes Meursius, Chimalpahin, and John Ogilvie. Among people deceased in 1628, Jens Munk ranks 10. Before him are Palma il Giovane, John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Rudolph Goclenius, Magdalene of Bavaria, John Bull, and Francesc Ribalta. After him is Nicolas Trigault.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jens Munk ranks 211 out of 1,039. Before him are Arne Brustad (1912), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Egil Danielsen (1933), Nils Christie (1928), Roald Aas (1928), and Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870). After him are Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Ellen Gleditsch (1879), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Belle Gunness (1859), and Ole Ellefsæter (1939).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Jens Munk ranks 15. Before him are Naddodd (900), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Helge Ingstad (1899), Thekla Resvoll (1871), Oscar Wisting (1871), and Hjalmar Johansen (1867). After him are Helmer Hanssen (1870), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Knut Haugland (1917), Grímur Kamban (801), and Finn Ronne (1899).

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