Nationality Norwegian Role Geologist Parents Erik Werenskiold Siblings Dagfin Werenskiold | Name Werner Werenskiold Died 1961, Baerum, Norway Fields Geography | |
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Born 28 April 1883
Paris, France ( 1883-04-28 ) Institutions University of Oslo
Yale University
University of Bergen Spouse 1: 1910-41, Ingeborg Leuch Elieson
(1884-1960),
2: 1942-61, Bergljot Qviller
(1903-1996) Institution 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, vart land (1936 – 1941) and the book series Jorden var klode. He was a professor of geography at the University of Oslo from 1925.
He lived and died in Baerum, and was on the election ballot for the Liberal People's Party (formerly the Liberal Left Party) in the 1930s.
The mountain of Werenskioldfjellet at Hopen, Svalbard is named after him.