Carl Wilhelm Rubenson

Carl Wilhelm Rubenson, who lived from 30 July 1885 to 29 July 1960, was a Swedish-born Norwegian mountaineer and non-fiction writer, born in Stockholm. In 1906 he made several first ascents in Jotunheimen, in 1907 he reached 7,270 metres on Kabru in the Himalaya with Ingvald Monrad Aas, and in 1908 he co-founded the Norwegian mountaineering club Norsk Tindeklub. In 1910 he made the first ascents of Stetind, Svolværgeita and Trakta in Northern Norway with Alf Bonnevie Bryn and Ferdinand Schjelderup. His books include Fjeldsport før og nu and Med telt og husbaat i Kashmir, and he was made an honorary member of both the British Alpine Club and Norsk Tindeklub.