Finn Devold

Finn Devold (born 24 April 1902 in Bergen, died 26 May 1977) was a Norwegian Arctic explorer, marine biologist and meteorologist.

Together with his brother Hallvard Devold, Finn shared an interest in the Arctic areas and the expansion of Norwegian sovereignty across Greenland.

In October 1924, the Kvadehuken facility was closed for financial reasons, and less than two years later, he and his brother moved to the meteorological station in Jan Mayen.

By 1932, about 80 cabins manned by Norwegian trappers and fishermen had been built in different areas of East Greenland, including some in the distant King Frederick VI Coast and Storfjord Station in the Kangerlussuaq Fjord in between.

[6] Finn left Greenland on the relief ship Signalhorn, which evacuated the stations' staff in the Storfjord and Finnsbu areas and brought them back to Norway in August 1933.

Territories of Eastern Greenland claimed by Norway until the 1933 Permanent Court of International Justice resolution. Finn Devold led the proclamation from Finnsbu in the southeastern area.