John Schjelderup Giæver
| John Schjelderup Giæver | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 31, 1901 Tromsø |
| Died | November 9, 1970 (aged 68) Oslo |
| Occupation | Author and polar researcher |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Notable works | Illgjæringsmann, Maudheim. To år i Antarktis, Ishavets glade borgere |
| Notable awards | Maudheim medal, Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Gold Medal, St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch |
| Spouse | Oddbjørg Jacobsen Anna Margrethe Gløersen |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | John Schjelderup Giæver Thyra Høegh Jens Holmboe |
John Schjelderup Giæver (31 December 1901 – 9 November 1970) was a Norwegian author and polar researcher.
He was born in Tromsø in Troms, Norway. He was the son of lawyer John Schjelderup Giæver (1864–1914) and his wife Thyra Høegh (1879–1954). He was the great-great-great-grandson of Jens Holmboe.
John Schjelderup Giæver married Oddbjørg Jacobsen in March 1940 and they had a son in April the same year. However, the marriage was dissolved. Giæver married Anna Margrethe Gløersen in 1948; this time they had a daughter, born 1954.
He took his secondary education in Trondheim in 1920, and then moved back to Tromsø. He started a newspaper career, as sub-editor of Tromsø Stiftstidende from 1921 to 1922. He was editor-in-chief in Vesteraalens Avis from 1922 to 1928 and Tromsø Stiftstidende from 1928 to 1929. He lived as a trapper in north-eastern Greenland from 1929 to 1934. In 1935 he was hired as secretary for Norges Svalbard- og Ishavsundersøkelser, the Norwegian institution for exploration of Svalbard and the Arctic Sea, later renamed into the Norwegian Polar Institute.
During World War II, he first fled to London where he worked as a secretary for the exiled government. From 1941 to 1944, he served with the Royal Norwegian Air Force-in-exile at Little Norway, Canada. In 1944, with the rank of Major, he was sent to Northern Norway to participate in the successful liberation from Nazi occupation. In 1947 he returned to the Norwegian Polar Institute as secretary, and from 1948 to 1960 he was office manager. However, he was still involved in the field as well, leading the wintering party of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition from 1949 to 1952.
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