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Tryggve Gran

1888 - 1980

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Jens Tryggve Herman Gran (20 January 1888 – 8 January 1980) was a Norwegian aviator, polar explorer and author. He was the skiing expert on the 1910–13 Scott Antarctic Expedition and was the first person to fly across the North Sea from Scotland to Norway in a heavier-than-air aircraft in August 1914. During WW1 he joined the Royal Flying Corps and flew night bombing raids on the Western Front, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. He co-piloted the first flight from London via Oslo to Stockholm in 1920. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tryggve Gran is the 475th most popular explorer (down from 474th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Norway (down from 506th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Tryggve Gran ranks 475 out of 498. Before him are Robert O'Hara Burke, Louis Hennepin, Oscar Baumann, Louis-Gustave Binger, Thomas Button, and Sarat Chandra Das. After him are Henry Robertson Bowers, Bartholomew Gosnold, Harry Johnston, David Thompson, Hamilton Hume, and Ellen MacArthur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Tryggve Gran ranks 261. Before him are Victor Schertzinger, William Hood Simpson, Lucien Hubbard, Joyce Cary, Florence La Badie, and Axel Janse. After him are Herbert Morrison, Willis Augustus Lee, Josef Ternström, Nils Silfverskiöld, Tris Speaker, and Tor Lund. Among people deceased in 1980, Tryggve Gran ranks 286. Before him are Ahmet Berman, Frank Saker, Rachel Fuller Brown, Nelson López, Emily Hood Westacott, and John Kotelawala. After him are Hans Wetterström, Barney Bigard, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Elliott Nugent, Pietro Genovesi, and George Tobias.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Tryggve Gran ranks 517 out of 1,039. Before him are Robert Sjursen (1891), Liv Kristine (1976), Katrine Lunde (1980), Frode Johnsen (1974), Sverre Kjelsberg (1946), and Finn Christian Jagge (1966). After him are Tron Øgrim (1947), Anja Breien (1940), Gaahl (1975), Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (1949), Casper Ruud (1998), and Per-Mathias Høgmo (1959).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Tryggve Gran ranks 25. Before him are Knut Haugland (1917), Grímur Kamban (801), Finn Ronne (1899), Sverre Hassel (1876), Lars Christensen (1884), and Kristian Prestrud (1881). After him are Erling Kagge (1963).

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