# Sophus Tromholt

> Sophus Tromholt was a Danish teacher, astrophysicist and an amateur photographer. He worked as a teacher at Tanks School in Bergen, Norway 1876-82. In 1882 he was granted a scholarship by the Danish and Norwegian states to study the northern lights. During the first International Polar Year 1882/83, he established a scientific northern lights centre in Kautokeino. His Northern lights studies pioneered the modern Northern lights science. In 2013 UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register added the Sophus Tromholt Collection.

*Danish photographer (1851–1896)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1851-06-02
- **Died:** 1896-04-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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