Sverdrup
Sverdrup is a family name for the following people:
- Georg Sverdrup (1770–1850), Norwegian philologist, philosopher, politician and librarian
- Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (1888–1957), Norwegian oceanographer
- Johan Sverdrup (1816-1892), Norwegian politician and Minister of State
- Jørgen Sverdrup (1732–1810), Norwegian missionary in Greenland, provost and pastor
- Leif J. Sverdrup (1898–1976), American civil engineer, born in Norway, general and founder of the engineering company Sverdrup & Parcel
- Otto Sverdrup (1854–1930), Norwegian polar explorer and captain of the Fram under Nansen
Sverdrup means:
- an archipelago in the Canadian Arctic Ocean, see Sverdrup Islands
- an oceanographic unit, see Sverdrup (unit)
- the frigate Otto Sverdrup (F 312) of the Norwegian Navy (launched 2006)
- Sverdrup relation (Sverdrup regime), principle of theoretical oceanography
- Sverdrup Channel (English: Sverdrup Channel), strait in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, separates Meighen Island from Axel Heiberg Island
- Sverdrupfjella , Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
- Sverdrup-Nunatakker , Nunatakker in Palmerland, Antarctica