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(div.) |relatives = |known_for = Aviator, explorer and author |first_flight_aircraft = |first_flight_date = |famous_flights = First heavier-than-air flight across the North Sea (Scotland to Norway, 30 July 1914) |license_date = |license_place = |air_force = Norwegian Army Air Service Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force |battles = Western Front (1917) North Russia Campaign (1919) |rank = Major (Squadron Leader) |awards = Distinguished Service Cross Military Cross |memorials = }} Jens Tryggve Herman Gran (20 January 1888 – 8 January 1980) was a Norwegian aviator, explorer and author. He was the skiing expert on the 1910–13 Scott Antarctic Expedition and was the first person to fly across the North Sea. ==Background== Tryggve Gran was born in Bergen, Norway, growing up in an affluent family dominant in the shipbuilding industry. His great-grandfather Jens Gran Berle (1758–1828), had founded a shipyard in the Laksevåg borough of the city of Bergen. His father, the shipyard owner, died when Tryggve was only five years old. In 1900, after school in Bergen and Lillehammer, Gran was sent to a school in Lausanne, Switzerland for a year, where he learned some German and French. Three years later, he met the German emperor, Wilhelm II, a common guest with the families of Tryggve's friends. Meeting the emperor made an impact on the then 14-year-old boy, who from that moment on wanted to become a naval officer. At this time, he had several years behind him as a member of the Nygaards Battalion, one of Bergen's buekorps. He entered naval college in 1907 and graduated in the spring of 1910. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tryggve Gran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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