1895-1928.
Research traveler, meteorologist, hydrologist.
Finn Malmgren was born in Gothenburg. In 1912, Malmgren enrolled at Uppsala University, where he later earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Malmgren later participated in the polar explorer Roald Amundsen's Arctic expedition as assistant to the scientist Harald Ulrik Sverdrup.
On board the ship Maud, they left Nome, Alaska, in the summer of 1922 and, after spending three and a half years in the pack ice, returned to Alaska in August 1925. Together they managed to collect a large amount of research material and numerous observations.
In 1927, Malmgren defended his thesis on the properties of sea ice. Malmgren later became an associate professor of meteorology.
Finn Malmgren, May 1925, in front of the magnetic observation field. Photo: Stockholm University.
Finn Malmgren, May 1925 at his hoarfrost recorder. Photo: Harald Ulrik Sverdrup / Stockholm University.
During the North Pole expedition with the airship Italia in 1928, it crashed on the ice north of Spitsbergen. After a long hike, Finn Malmgren died and his remains were left on the ice. Parts of the expedition were rescued by the Russian icebreaker Krassin.
Malmgren's name is on the Västmanland-Dala nation's Burial site and a statue of him, by sculptor Nils Sjögren, was erected in 1931 in Börjeparken next to Västmanland-Dala nation. The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University awards a prize in his memory every three years for "contributions to Arctic research".
Burial site: 0136-1508
Image description: Finn Malmgren, 1928. photo: Wikimedia commons. [The image is cropped]
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