Finn Lützow-Holm


Finn Trond Lützow-Holm was a Norwegian military officer, aviation pioneer and polar explorer.
He was born in Nesseby Municipality as a son of priest and politician Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm and Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen. His mother was a daughter of Peter Andreas Jensen and granddaughter of Hans Riddervold. In May 1918 he married headmaster's daughter Birgit Lund. Their daughter, named Birgit as well, married Alv Johnsen.
Finn Lützow-Holm took part in the air surveyance of the Bouvet Island and of the Queen Maud Land in 1929 and 1931, together with Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen. He was commander of the Norwegian Navy Air Service from 1938.

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