EXPLORER

Sverre Hassel

1876 - 1928

Photo of Sverre Hassel

Icon of person Sverre Hassel

Sverre Helge Hassel (30 July 1876 – 6 June 1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer and one of the first five people to reach the South Pole. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sverre Hassel is the 431st most popular explorer (down from 427th in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Norway (down from 365th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Norwegian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Sverre Hassel by language

Loading...

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sverre Hassel ranks 431 out of 498. Before him are Androsthenes of Thasos, György Almásy, Finn Ronne, Ivan Moskvitin, François Levaillant, and Anthony de la Roché. After him are Frederick Russell Burnham, Tim Severin, Alfred Maudslay, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Carl Koldewey, and Tobias Furneaux.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Sverre Hassel ranks 177. Before him are Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, G. M. Trevelyan, Ernest Henry Wilson, Pyotr Konchalovsky, Stepan Erzia, and Ásgrímur Jónsson. After him are Elisabeth Moore, Thomas Mofolo, Sidney Robinson, Pietro Speciale, Ernest Esclangon, and Robert Yerkes. Among people deceased in 1928, Sverre Hassel ranks 107. Before him are Leon Benois, Jean Collas, Xiang Jingyu, Nina Bang, Jan Sztolcman, and Kurt Behrens. After him are Gunnar Setterwall, Maria Yermolova, Marie Stritt, Jinzō Matsumura, George Washington Goethals, and Bill Haywood.

Others Born in 1876

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1928

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sverre Hassel ranks 386 out of 1,039. Before him are Charles Mathiesen (1911), Trine Hattestad (1966), Rolf Løvland (1955), Per Ivar Moe (1944), Magne Thomassen (1941), and Bjarne Pettersen (1891). After him are Svend Foyn (1809), Hallvard Vebjørnsson (1020), Eirik Kvalfoss (1959), Odd Iversen (1945), Johan Sverdrup (1816), and Morten Müller (1828).

Others born in Norway

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Sverre Hassel ranks 22. Before him are Helmer Hanssen (1870), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Knut Haugland (1917), Grímur Kamban (801), and Finn Ronne (1899). After him are Lars Christensen (1884), Kristian Prestrud (1881), Tryggve Gran (1888), and Erling Kagge (1963).

Norwegian born Explorers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous