About Nils Johan Schjander
Lived 1859 – 1903 (aged 43–44). Nils Johan Schjander was a Norwegian engineer.
Nils Johan Schjander (1859 – October 18, 1903) was a Norwegian engineer and a member of the movement known as the Kristiania Bohemians. He is known for having taken part in a journey to Patagonia and writing a diary, published as En reise til Patagonia (A Journey to Patagonia). For the Kristiania Bohemians, Patagonia was a promised land where several dreamed of creating a free state. Schjander was involved in surveying and mapping Patagonia on behalf of the Argentine Southern Land Company between 1889 and 1891.
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Who was Nils Johan Schjander?
Norwegian engineer
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Nils Johan Schjander was born in 1859.
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Nils Johan Schjander died on 18 October 1903.
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Nils Johan Schjander was an engineer.
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Nils Johan Schjander was Norwegian.
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