| Martin Hoff Ekroll | |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1865 |
| Birth Place: | Nordland, Norway |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Occupation: | Merchant Mountaineer Arctic explorer |
| Known For: | First ascent of Vågakallen |
Martin Hoff Ekroll (16 February 1865 – 15 May 1916) was a Norwegian merchant, mountaineer and Arctic explorer.
Ekroll was born on 16 February 1865 in the village of Skroven in the islands of Lofoten in Nordland, Norway. He operated a fishing station at Kabelvåg on the island of Austvågøya. In 1891 he published a plan for an expedition to the North Pole (in German: Plan für eine Schlittenboot-Expedition nach dem Nordpol). He funded and organized an expedition to the island of Edgeøya, located in the Svalbard archipelago 1894 - 1895.[1] At Edgeøya, the bay of Ekrollhamna and the headland of Martinodden are both named after him.[2] [3] He made a first ascent of the mountain of Vågakallen on the island of Austvågøy about 1885.[4] In 1888 he made a failed attempt of climbing the mountain of Stetind.[5]
Ekroll died on 15 May 1916.[1]