Mathias Soggemoen Explained

Mathias Soggemoen
Birth Date:5 October 1847
Birth Place:Rauma, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:Railway worker, mountain climbing pioneer and guide
Known For:A number of first ascents of Norwegian mountains

Mathias Soggemoen (5 October 1847  - 1929) was a Norwegian railway worker, mountain climbing pioneer and guide.

Mathias Johnsen Soggemoen was born the oldest of seven siblings in Rauma in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. In 1875, he married Ingeborg Olsdatter Sogge Brekken and settled at the village of Veblungsnes. They were the parents of nine children. Later in life, Mathias and Ingeborg Soggemoen emigrated to America with several of their children.

Soggemoen is known for a number of first ascents of Norwegian mountains.[1] Among his first ascents are Store Austanbotntind (1883, with Carl Hall),[2] Store Styggedalstinden (1883, with Hall),[3] Midtre Skagastølstind (1884, with Hall), Hjelledalstind (1884, with Hall),[4] Storebjørn (1884, with Hall), and Sentraltind (1885, with Hall and Torger S. Sulheim).[5] He also climbed Romsdalshornet in 1881.[6] In 1886 Soggemoen and Hall made the first known ascent of Saksi (2,189 m.a.s.l.).[7]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Mathias Soggemoen . Svein . Askheim . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 26 October 2012.
  2. Encyclopedia: Austanbotntindane . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 26 October 2012.
  3. Encyclopedia: Styggedalstindane . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 5 February 2016.
  4. Encyclopedia: Hjelledalstind . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 5 February 2016.
  5. Web site: Sentraltind . Store norske leksikon. Askheim, Svein . 4 August 2015.
  6. Encyclopedia: Romsdalshorn . . Svein . Askheim . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian. 26 October 2012.
  7. Encyclopedia: Norsk Fjelleksikon. Saksi . Per Roger . Lauritzen . Per Roger Lauritzen . 2009 . Friluftsforlaget . Arendal . Norwegian . 978-82-91-49547-7.