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Sverdrup

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[sver-druhp, sfer-, svar-droop] / ˈsvɛr drəp, ˈsfɛr-, ˈsvær drʊp /

noun

  1. Otto Neumann 1855?–1930, Norwegian explorer of the Arctic.

  2. Also called Sverdrup Islands.  a group of islands in the N Northwest Territories of Canada, in the Arctic, W of Ellesmere Island: named after Otto Neumann Sverdrup.


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Prices for oil from the Johan Sverdrup field off the coast of Norway have jumped to record premiums over Brent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“For Norway to have a future,” said Mr. Sverdrup, the director of the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, “we have to be aligned to the future energy system in Europe.”

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

The war “has changed the political sentiment,” said Ulf Sverdrup, the director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, a research organization.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Norway's largest oilfield Johan Sverdrup, which produces medium-heavy crude similar to Russia's Urals, also plans to ramp-up production in the fourth-quarter, potentially by 220,000 bpd.

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2022

At 6.30 Jan. 5 Nansen was awakened by Sverdrup telling him that the ridge had now reached the ship, and was level with the rails.

From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Bull, Jacob B.

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