{{Short description|Norwegian sea captain (1900–1976)}} {{for|the Norwegian pianist, composer, and pedagogue|Nils Larsen (pianist)}} [[File:Peter I Island 1929B.jpg|thumb|Larsen on Peter I Island in 1929]] '''Nils Larsen''' (19 June 1900 &ndash; 29 September 1976) was a Norwegian sea captain. Larsen is perhaps most associated with the Norvegia expeditions of Antarctica.<ref name=nbl>{{Cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Nils_Larsen_-_2|title=Nils Larsen - 2|work=Norsk biografisk leksikon|accessdate=28 March 2017|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

Larsen was born in Sandar, and became a noted whaler, captaining a number of whaling ships principally for Thor Dahl A/S of Sandefjord.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.shippingtandy.com/features/thor-dahl-sandefjord/|title= Thor Dahl of Sandefjord|publisher= Shipping Today and Yesterday |author= Norman Middlemiss |date= 14 March 2017|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref> He also served as a first mate on Norvegia expeditions of Antarctica financed by Norwegian whale-ship owner Lars Christensen. During these expeditions, Norway achieved annexation of Bouvet Island (1927) and Peter I Island (1929).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.polarhistorie.no/personer/Christensen%2C%20Lars|title= Lars Christensen|publisher= Norsk Polarhistorie|accessdate= 1 June 2017|archive-date= 21 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181221205559/http://www.polarhistorie.no/personer/Christensen,%20Lars|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.polarhistorie.no/hendelser/1209014058.72|title= Norvegia ekspedisjon|publisher= Norsk Polarhistorie|accessdate= 1 June 2017|archive-date= 8 February 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190208095027/http://www.polarhistorie.no/hendelser/1209014058.72|url-status= dead}}</ref>

Larsen died in Sandefjord, at the age of 76. Geographical areas in Antarctica named after him include: Mount Nils Larsen (Queen Maud Land), Mount Nils (Enderby Land) and Nils Larsen Glacier (Peter I Island).<ref name=nbl/>

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