Werner Werenskiold

Werner Werenskiold
Werner Werenskiold in 1958
Born	(1883-04-28)28 April 1883 Paris, France
Died	2 August 1961(1961-08-02) (aged 78) Bærum, Akershus
Nationality	Norwegian
Spouse(s)	1: 1910-41, Ingeborg Leuch Elieson (1884-1960), 2: 1942-61, Bergljot Qviller (1903-1996)
Scientific career
Fields	Quaternary geology and Geography
Institutions	University of Oslo Yale University University of Bergen

Werner Werenskiold (28 April 1883 – 2 August 1961) was a Norwegian geologist and geographer. He was a son of Erik Werenskiold and visual artist Sophie Marie Stoltenberg Thomesen (1849–1926), and the brother of Dagfin Werenskiold.

Werenskiold made field studies in Telemark and Gudbrandsdalen in his younger days, and later focused on studies at Svalbard and of glaciers in Jotunheimen. He was the principal editor of the two-volume series Norge, vårt land (1936 – 1941) and the book series Jorden vår klode. He was a professor of geography at the University of Oslo from 1925.[1][2]

He lived and died in Bærum,[3] and was on the election ballot for the Liberal People's Party (formerly the Liberal Left Party) in the 1930s.[4]

The mountain of Werenskioldfjellet at Hopen, Svalbard is named after him.[5] The glacier of Werenskioldbreen in Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Svalbard is also named after him.[6]

Bibliography (in selection)

• Text to geological map of the region between Sætersdalen and Ringerike, Norges geologiske undersøkelse no. 66, 1912
• Norges fysiske og økonomiske geografi for gymnasiet (sm.m. E. Haffner), 1912 (8'th issue 1936)
• Tekst til geologisk oversiktskart over det sydlige Norge. Maalestok 1:1 000 000, Norges geologiske undersøkelse no. 70, 1914, pp. 13–35
• Mean Monthly Air Transport over the North Pacific Ocean, dr.avh., Geofysiske Publikasjoner, vol. 2 no. 9, 1922
• Fysisk geografi, 2 bd., 1925–43 (issue 1: Geofysikk, meteorologi, oseanografi, 1925, bd. 2: Landkarter, landjordens form, 1943)
• Geografi, tiltredelsesforelesning, in NGT 1927, pp. 1–9
• Jorden, dets land og folk, 2 bd., 1931–34
• Norge vårt land, 2 bd., 1936–41 (4'th issue in 3 bd., 1957)
• Jord, vann, luft, ild. Fysisk geografi for hvermann, 1952
• Jorden vår klode (sm.m. T. Width), 2 bd., 1956

References

1. "Werner Werenskiold". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
2. Bryhni, Inge. "Werner Werenskiold". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
3. Werner Werenskiold on Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian)
4. "Østre Bærum Fris. Folkeparti". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). 21 September 1931. p. 2.
5. "Werenskioldfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
6. "Werenskioldbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 12 November 2016.