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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.
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen (Oslo, 7 de junho de 1890 - 3 de junho de 1965) foi um pioneiro da aviação, explorador polar e empresário norueguês. Entre os seus feitos, é geralmente considerado como o fundador da Real Força Aérea Norueguesa. Riiser-Larsen nasceu em Oslo em 1890.
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen knew several languages and had friends in many countries even before he became famous as Roald Amundsen’s pilot. His broad contact network was a big advantage for Norway during World War II and not least in the development of Norwegian civil aviation, DNL and SAS.
Parts of the ice shelf were sighted by William Speirs Bruce in 1904, Ernest Shackleton in 1915, and Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in 1930. Most of it was photographed from the air in 1951-52 by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE) and delineated from these photos.
Født. 7. juni 1890, Kristiania. Død. 3. juni 1965, København. Virke. Sjøoffiser, flyger. Familie. polarpioner og forretningsmann. Foreldre: Skipsfører Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen (1856–1912) og Emma Theodora von Vegesack (1861–1938).
Pilot and polar explorer. Born: 1890, Kristiania (Oslo), Norway. Died: 1965, Copenhagen, Denmark. Riiser-Larsen was a pioneer in Norwegian aviation and among the first graduates of the Navy’s flying school in Horten in 1915.
Han var eldst av tre brødre. Etter middelskoleeksamen i 1906 dro han til sjøs på seil- og dampskip. I 1909 kom han inn på Sjøkrigsskolen i Horten og han ble sjøoffiser i 1912, premierløytnant i 1915 og kaptein i 1926.
