Finn Trond Lützow-Holm was a Norwegian

Norwegians

Norwegians constitute both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegian people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in United States, Canada and Brazil.-History:Towards the end of the 3rd...

 military officer, aviation pioneer

Aviator

An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...

 and polar explorer.

He was born in Nesseby

Nesseby

Unjárga or Nesseby is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Varangerbotn....

 as a son of priest and politician Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm

Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm

Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm was a Norwegian priest and politician for the Conservative Party.He was a son of priest and politician Peter Holm. Together with Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen he had the son Finn Lützow-Holm, an aviator. His wife was a daughter of Peter Andreas Jensen and granddaughter of...

 (1853–1936) and Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen (1855–1934). His mother was a daughter of Peter Andreas Jensen and granddaughter of Hans Riddervold

Hans Riddervold

Hans Riddervold was a Norwegian priest and politician.-Personal life:He was born at Teien in Åsgårdstrand as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold and Bredine Bolette Nielsen . He was the father of Julius Riddervold, who in turn was a grandfather of Hans Julius Riddervold...

. In May 1918 he married headmaster's daughter Birgit Lund (1893–1983). Their daughter, named Birgit as well, married Alv Johnsen

Alv Johnsen

Alv Marius Johnsen was a Norwegian resistance member, physician and military leader.-Early life and World War II:...

.

Finn Lützow-Holm took part in the air surveyance of the Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island is an uninhabited Antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,525 km south-southwest of South Africa. It is a dependent territory of Norway and, lying north of 60°S latitude, is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an...

 and of the Queen Maud Land

Queen Maud Land

Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...

 in 1929 and 1931, together with Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen

Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen

Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen was a Norwegian aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman. Among his achievements, he is generally regarded as the founder of the Royal Norwegian Air Force....

. He was commander of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service

Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service

The Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service was alongside the Norwegian Army Air Service the forerunner to the modern-day Royal Norwegian Air Force.- History :...

 from 1938.

Decorations and awards

Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav - 1929

Defence Medal 1940–1945

Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal

Norwegian Aero Club's Gold Medal,

Gunnerus Medal

Gunnerus Medal

The Gunnerus Medal is a medal awarded by the learned society Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.It was inaugurated in 1927, and named after Johan Ernst Gunnerus, founder of the learned society...

 in silver,

French Legion of Honour

Italian Al Valor Aeronautica