Sverdrup is a unit of volume flux. Sverdrup may also refer to: Surname Einar Sverdrup (1895–1942), a Norwegian mining engineer and businessman Erling Sverdrup (1917–1994), Norwegian statistician Georg Sverdrup (1770–1850), founder of the first Norwegian university library Georg Sverdrup (1848–1907), President of Augsburg Seminary George Sverdrup, son of Georg, also president of Augsburg Seminary from 1911 to 1937 George Sverdrup, technology manager of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (politician) (1813–1891), Norwegian priest and politician Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer) (1888–1957), Norwegian oceanographer grandson of the previous one Harald Sverdrup (writer) (1923–1992), Norwegian writer and poet Johan Sverdrup (1816–1892), prime minister of Norway Leif J. Sverdrup (1898–1976), a Norwegian-American civil engineer Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1854–1930), Norwegian explorer Tone Sverdrup (born 1951), Norwegian jurist Places Sverdrup Pass, a pass on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada Sverdrup Islands, Arctic islands Sverdrup Island (Kara Sea), another Arctic island Sverdrup (crater), a lunar crater near the Moon's south pole Sverdrup Township, Minnesota Johan Sverdrup oil field, often abbreviated as Sverdrup Other uses Sverdrup balance, an oceanographic theory