Fridtjof Nansen Land () was a suggested but not officially adopted Norwegian name of a territory on the southern East Coast of Greenland,Einar-Arne Drivenes and Harald Dag Jølle: Norsk Polarhistorie Gyldendal, 2004, , page 407Oddvar Svendsen: Radiobølger i isødet that was proclaimed by Norway on July 12, 1932, and occupied until April 5, 1933. It was named after Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. The short-lived territory occupied much of King Frederick VI Coast, which had been claimed a century before by the Danish crown.
The main settlements of the territory were Finnsbu in the north, with Trollbotn and Vogtsbu nearby, and Torgilsbu in the south.
Fridtjof Nansen Land was also a proposed name of the archipelago Franz Josef Land, a territory to which Norway had claims.Barr, Susan (1995). Franz Josef Land, p. 95. Oslo: Norwegian Polar Institute.
References
Further reading Susan Barr: Norway, a consistent polar nation? Analysis of an image seen through the history of the Norwegian Polar Institute. Kolofon, Oslo 2003, Gunnar Horn: Recent Norwegian Expeditions to South-East Greenland. Norges Svalbard- og Ishavs-undersøkelser, Meddelelse Nr. 45, Oslo 1939 William J. Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, vol. 2 "ABC-CLIO", Santa Barbara 2003 , p. 273