Amundsen
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  • Arthur Amundsen
    Arthur Amundsen
    Arthur M. Amundsen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.As a member of the Norwegian team, he won a silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908....

      (1886–1936), Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics
  • Asle Amundsen
    Asle Amundsen
    Asle Amundsen is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland during the term 1985–1989.-References:...

    , Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party
  • Carl Morten Amundsen
    Carl Morten Amundsen
    Carl Morten Amundsen is Norwegian dramaturg and theatre director. He was dramaturg for Nationaltheatret from 1993 to 2000, and has been theatre director at Teatret Vårt in Molde from 2000. He has been manager for Norsk Teaterlederforum from 2003.-References:...

    , Norwegian dramaturg and theatre director
  • Harald Amundsen
    Harald Amundsen
    Harald Amundsen is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won two medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1987 and a silver in 1983....

    , Norwegian sprint canoer
  • Jan Tore Amundsen
    Jan Tore Amundsen
    Jan Tore Amundsen is a Norwegian footballer who last played for FK Tønsberg.-Club career:Jan Tore Amundsen came to Odd Grenland from Urædd before the 2002 season....

      Norwegian football midfielder
  • Jens Amundsen
    Jens Amundsen
    Jens Engebreth Amundsen was a significant Norwegian ship-owner in the second half of the 19th century. He was the father of the explorer Roald Amundsen....

      (1820-1886), Norwegian ship-owner
  • Mauritz Amundsen
    Mauritz Amundsen
    Mauritz Amundsen was a Norwegian Olympic sport shooter, and World Champion from 1931.He became World Champion in 1931, and team champion in 1947. He competed at three Olympics, in 1936 , 1948 and 1952 with 11th place as best result.-References:...

      (1904–1982), Norwegian Olympic sport shooter
  • Monte Amundsen
    Monte Amundsen
    Monte Amundsen was an American opera and musical singer who appeared on Broadway in Marc Blitzstein's musical Juno in 1959.-Biography:...

    , American opera and musical singer
  • Olaf Amundsen
    Olaf Amundsen
    Olaf Amundsen was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. A district stipendiary magistrate by profession, he was Minister of Justice in the second government of Otto Blehr. The government sat from 1921 to 1923, but Amundsen resigned on 24 August 1922. He consequently served as County...

      (1876–1939), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
  • Per-Willy Amundsen
    Per-Willy Amundsen
    Per-Willy Amundsen is a Norwegian politician and Member of Parliament for the Progress Party. He is currently the party's Spokesperson on Energy Issues.-Early and personal life:...

    , Norwegian politician and MP for the Progress Party
  • Roald Amundsen
    Roald Amundsen
    Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....

     (1872–1928), Norwegian explorer of polar region
  • Steinar Amundsen
    Steinar Amundsen
    Steinar Amundsen is a Norwegian sprint canoer. He won gold medal on K4 1000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , and obtained a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich on the same distance.Amundsen also won two gold medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World...

    , Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics

Other

  • Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station
  • Amundsen Glacier
    Amundsen Glacier
    Amundsen Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, about 6 to 10 km wide and 128 km long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the south and west of Nilsen Plateau, and descending through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf just west of the...

    , descending from the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf
  • Amundsen Sea
    Amundsen Sea
    The Amundsen Sea is an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica. It is bounded by Cape Flying Fish, the northwestern tip of Thurston Island to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west. East of Cape Flying Fish starts the Bellingshausen Sea. West of Cape Dart is...

    , part of the Southern Ocean beside Marie Byrd Land
  • Amundsen (crater)
    Amundsen (crater)
    Amundsen is a large lunar impact crater located near the south pole of the Moon, named after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It lies along the southern lunar limb, and so is viewed from the side by an observer on the Earth. To the northwest is the crater Scott, a formation of similar...

    , large crater on the Moon
  • CCGS Amundsen
    CCGS Amundsen
    CCGS Amundsen is a T1200 Class Medium Arctic icebreaker and Arctic research vessel operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.-CCGS Sir John Franklin:...

    , a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker and Arctic research ship
  • HNoMS Roald Amundsen, Fridtjof Nansen class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy
  • Roald Amundsen (brig)
    Roald Amundsen (brig)
    Roald Amundsen is a German brig named in honour of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and in service as a sail training ship. She was initially designed as deep sea fishing lugger...

    , a German sailtraining vessel
  • Amundsen, one of two probes on the NASA Deep Space 2
    Deep Space 2
    Deep Space 2 was a NASA probe which was part of the New Millennium Program. It included two highly advanced miniature space probes which were sent to Mars aboard the Mars Polar Lander in January 1999. The probes were named "Scott" and "Amundsen", in honor of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen,...

    mission
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