Rolf Thommessen

Rolf Thommessen (22 July 1879 – 9 December 1939) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician.

[1] He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1928 to 1930, representing the Liberal Left Party (Norwegian: Frisinnede Venstre).

He then studied art history in Kristiania, under Lorentz Dietrichson, and at the British Museum and in Paris and Berlin.

degree from the University of Kristiania in 1908, with the thesis Kunstneren i den græske kunst, about Greek art.

[2] Thommessen chaired Norsk Luftseiladsforening from 1925 to 1926, and was an important supporter of Roald Amundsen's polar expeditions.