Background
He was born in Nesseby as a son of priest and politician Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm (1853–1936) and Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen (1855–1934).
He was born in Nesseby as a son of priest and politician Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm (1853–1936) and Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen (1855–1934).
His mother was a daughter of Peter Andreas Jensen and granddaughter of Hans Riddervold. Their daughter, named Birgit as well, married Alv Johnsen. Finn Lützow-Holm took part in the air surveyance of the Bouvet Island and of the Queen Maud Land in 1929 and 1931, together with Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen.
He was commander of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service from 1938.
