Oscar Dickson, or Oskar Dickson (born December 2, 1823 in Göteborg, Sweden

Sweden

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 - died June 6, 1897 at his estate at Almnäs

Almnäs Castle

Almnäs slott is a château in the province of Västergötland, South-West Sweden, 5 km south of the town of Hjo.The mansion was built in 1773-1776 by the General Wolter Reinhold Stackelberg. It is situated at a cove of a lake and is surrounded by notable park....

, close to Stockholm

Stockholm

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) was a Swedish magnate, bulk merchant, industrialist and philanthropist from a family of Scottish

Scotland

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 origin. In his time he was considered the most affluent of all Swedes.

Dickson, along with King Oscar II of Sweden

Oscar II of Sweden

Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

 and Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov, was the patron of a number of Arctic expeditions in the 19th century. He sponsored Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Freiherr Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , also known as A. E. Nordenskioeld was a Finnish baron, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer of Finnish-Swedish origin. He was a member of the prominent Finland-Swedish Nordenskiöld family of scientists...

's explorations to the Russia

Russia

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n Arctic and Greenland

Greenland

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, as well as Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth a champion skier and ice skater, he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a...

's Polar journey on the Fram

Fram

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.

Ever an Arctic enthusiast, Oscar Dickson contributed to sponsor several important Polar ventures between the years 1860 and 1900. Dickson was made a Baron in 1885 by King Oscar. Dickson was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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from 1878.