Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup (31 October 1854 – 26 November 1930) was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer.

Early and personal life

He was born in Bindal Municipality as a son of farmer Ulrik Frederik Suhm Sverdrup (1833-1914) and his wife Petra Neumann Knoph (1831-1885). He was a great-grandnephew of Georg Sverdrup and Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup, first