Maudheim medal
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The Maudheim medal was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway
on 14 November 1951 in memory of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
of 1949-1952, awarded to the participants of the expedition. The medal itself is the same as the King's Medal of Merit in Silver with the addition of a silver buckle on the ribbon with the inscription «MAUDHEIM 1949-1952».
Haakon VII of Norway
Haakon VII , known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
on 14 November 1951 in memory of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...
of 1949-1952, awarded to the participants of the expedition. The medal itself is the same as the King's Medal of Merit in Silver with the addition of a silver buckle on the ribbon with the inscription «MAUDHEIM 1949-1952».
Norwegian citizens
- John Schjelderup Giæver
- Nils Roer
- Nils Jørgen Schumacher
- Egil Gunnar Rogstad
- Peter Jul Melleby
- Bjarne Lorentzen
Swedish citizens
- Stig Valter Schytt
- Gösta Hjalmar LiljequistGösta Hjalmar LiljequistGösta Hjalmar Liljequist was a Swedish meteorologist.In Sweden, radio broadcast weather forecasts begun in 1926, and, starting in 1941, Liljequist was one of the recurrent meteorologists appearing in Swedish radio for many years...
- Stig Eugen Hallgren
- Paul Ove Wilson
- Bertil Ekström (Post Mortem)
British citizens
- Gordon de Quetteville Robin
- Charles Wintrop Molesworth Swithinbank
- Alan Williams Reece
- Ernest Frederik Roots
- John Ellis Jelbart (Post Mortem)
- Leslie Arthur Quar (Post Mortem)