Anders Planman also calculated the correct longitude for six locations on the way, among them Kajaani, Mikkeli and Hämeenlinna. He could do this partly because he used surveying tools for his astronomical observations; these were some of the most exact contemporary measuring tools. The minor planet 2639 Planman is named after Anders Planman. Anders Planman Anders Planman (1724 – 25 April 1803) was a Finnish astronomer, professor of physics and mathematician. He was one of the first people to make systematical astronomical observations in Finland. Planman came from a Swedish-speaking Finnish family and his father was a lieutenant. He studied at the
Anders Sandvig Samlinger") in 1904. Sandvig was at first hired as unpaid curator, but was later appointed the museum's first director. In addition to expanding the museum significantly, Sandvig also traveled extensively to promote ethnological museums, including Vesterheim in Decorah, Iowa. He retired from the museum in 1947, at 85 years of age. Anders Sandvig Anders Sandvig (11 May 1862 – 11 February 1950) was a Norwegian dentist most noted for having founded Maihaugen, an innovative regional ethnological and architectural museum in Lillehammer, documenting the vernacular architecture of Gudbrandsdalen. Sandvig was born at Bud in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He first worked