Oluf Christian Dietrichson

Oluf Christian Dietrichson (3 May 1856 – 20 February 1942) was a Norwegian explorer and military officer.

His father, Peter Wilhelm Kreidahl Dietrichson, was employed as the senior doctor at the Nord-Trøndelag Hospital.

Dietrichson continued his military career and advanced to Major General.

[3][4] In 1888, Fridtjof Nansen assembling a team for the purpose of crossing the Greenlandic ice-sheet.

The other participants at the Greenland expedition were Otto Sverdrup, Samuel Balto, Ole Nielsen Ravna and Kristian Kristiansen.