Werner Werenskiold was a Norwegian geologist and geographer.

He was the son of Erik Werenskiold

Erik Werenskiold

Erik Theodor Werenskiold was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the...

, and the brother of Dagfin Werenskiold

Dagfin Werenskiold

Dagfin Werenskiold was a Norwegian sculptor and painter.Dagfin Werenskiold was born in Bærum in Akershus Colunty, Norway. He was the son of Norwegian painter and illustrator, Erik Werenskiold. He was the brother of Norwegian geologist Werner Werenskiold. He first learned drawing from his father...

. Werenskiold made field studies in Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 and Gudbrandsdalen in his younger days, and later focused on studies at Svalbard

Svalbard

Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...

 and of glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

s in Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen

Jotunheimen is a mountainous area of roughly 3,500 km² in Southern Norway and is part of the long range known as the Scandinavian Mountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all in Jotunheimen, including the very highest - Galdhøpiggen...

. He was the principal editor of the two-volume series Norge, vårt land (1936 – 1941) and the book series Jorden vår klode. He was a professor of geography at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

 from 1925.

He lived and died in Bærum

Bærum

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

, and was on the election ballot for the Liberal People's Party (formerly the Liberal Left Party) in the 1930s.