Einar Sverdrup

He was born in Solund as the son of Edvard Sverdrup and his wife Agnes, née Vollan.

Einar Sverdrup studied to be a mining engineer in the United States and at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondhjem.

Sverdrup eventually became the CEO of the Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, a Norwegian coal mining company based in Svalbard.

The mining was conducted and controlled by Norwegians and Soviets, but the authorities allowed coal transport to German-occupied Northern Norway.

The expedition reached Svalbard, but on 13 May, Isbjørn was sunk by German aircraft at Grønfjorden, claiming the life of Sverdrup.

Sverdrup was referred to as the "love of the life" of Winifred Brown who was a British adventurer and pilot.