Nils Johan Schjander (1859 – October 18, 1903) was a Norwegian engineer and a member of the movement known as the Kristiania Bohemians.Stubhaug, Arild. 2013. The Mathematician Sophus Lie: It Was the Audacity of My Thinking. Transl. Richard H. Daly. Berlin: Springer, p. 484. He is known for having taken part in a journey to Patagonia and writing a diary, published as En reise til Patagonia (A Journey to Patagonia).Schjander, Nils Johan. 2000. En reise til Patagonia. Oslo : Forlaget Press. For the Kristiania Bohemians, Patagonia was a promised land where several dreamed of creating a free state.Bing, Jon. 1980. Fra Maurits C. Hansen til Arne Garborg. Oslo: Gyldendal, p. 184. Schjander was involved in surveying and mapping Patagonia on behalf of the Argentine Southern Land Company between 1889 and 1891.Mosnes, Terje. 2000. Bohemen som dro til Patagonia. Dagbladet (November 26).
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