Adolf Erik Nordenskjold Small 234×320 Medium 468×640 Large 749×1024 Download Tiff Original 1756×2400 | (910.3 KB) Description A Swedish naturalist and explorer, born in Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. 18, 1832; died Aug. 12, 1901. He was an explorer of the polar seas. Keywords Nordenskjold Galleries Famous People: Explorers, Famous People: N-O, Finland Source: B. P. Holst The Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia (Kansas City: The Bufton Book Company, 1909)