Editing Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer) (section)

==Background==
He was born at [[Sogndal]] in [[Sogn og Fjordane]], Norway.
He was the son of Lutheran theologian [[Edvard Sverdrup]] (1861–1923) and Maria Vollan (1865–1891). His sister  [[Mimi Sverdrup Lunden]] (1894–1955) was an educator and author. His brother [[Leif Sverdrup]] (1898–1976) was a General with the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]. His brother 
[[Einar Sverdrup]] (1895–1942) was CEO of  [[Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani]].<ref>{{cite web|url =  https://snl.no/Sverdrup |title=  Sverdrup|publisher= Store norske leksikon |author= Jon Gunnar Arntzen|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>

Sverdrup was a student  at [[Bergen Cathedral School]] in  1901  before graduating in 1906 at Kongsgård School in [[Stavanger]].  He graduated  [[cand. real.]] in 1914 from  [[University of Oslo]].  He studied under [[Vilhelm Bjerknes]] and earned his [[Dr. Philos.]]   at the [[University of Leipzig]] in 1917.<ref>{{cite ANB|id=1302511|url = http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1302511 |title=Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik
|publisher =Oxford University Press |author=Elizabeth Noble Shor|accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref>