Otto Sverdrup
…a statue of Sverdrup was erected in Sandvika, in the square named after him, Otto Sverdrups plass. In 2008, the Royal Norwegian Navy commissioned the HNoMS Otto Sverdrup, a Nansen class frigate, in honor of the mariner and explorer. He was made a Commander 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1896, and…