Carl Emil Dahlerup

Carl Emil Dahlerup (born October 31, 1813 in Hillerød , Denmark , † July 21, 1890 in Odense ) was bailiff of the Faroe Islands between 1849 and 1861 .

Carl Emil Dahlerup was the son of Vilhelmine Marie, b. Birch (1776–1850) and Hans Jensen Dahlerup (1758–1838). He was married to Cathrine, geb. Schram. The naval officer Baron Hans Birch Dahlerup (1790–1872) was his brother.

After graduating from high school in 1831, he took his legal exam in 1836. Until 1841 he worked at Landvoigt in Hillerød, then until 1849 he was head of the accounting office in Odense. In 1849 he went to the Faroe Islands , where he became Danish governor (until 1861). From 1852 he was also chairman of the reopened Løgting , and 1855–1863 member of the Danish Landsting .

In contrast to his predecessor Christian Pløyen, Dahlerup was never popular among the Faroese. Since the reopening of the Løgting, he blocked its work, and in 1860 twelve MPs left the Løgting together with Provost Andreas Djurhuus and complained to King Frederik VII , so Dahlerup was transferred. In Odense he became a Landvoigt.

Dahlerup involuntarily made philatelic history when he sent a letter to his younger brother, a pastor in Ærøskøbing on January 5, 1852 , which at that time belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig . The consignment is the first known letter from the Faroe Islands to be stamped, and it is also the first consignment with a Danish stamp to have passed abroad. The letter bears transit stamps from Lerwick (7 or 27 January), London (9 February) and Altona (13 February). He did not get a transit or entry stamp from Denmark. In 2003 the show was auctioned for 27,000 euros.

literature

Løgtingið 150 - Hátíðarrit . tape 2 . Løgting , Tórshavn 2002, p. 264 ( 37 MB ( memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF]).

Individual evidence

↑ Don Brandt: More Stories and Stamps from the Faroe Islands . Translated from English by Arne List. Tórshavn: Postverk Føroya 2006, p. 308, illus. P. 309.

predecessor	Office	successor
Christian Pløyen	Bailiff of the Faroe Islands 1849–1861	Peter Holten

personal data
SURNAME	Dahlerup, Carl Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Governor of the Faroe Islands
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hillerød
DATE OF DEATH	July 21, 1890
Place of death	Odense , Denmark

[1] Don Brandt: More Stories and Stamps from the Faroe Islands . Translated from English by Arne List. Tórshavn: Postverk Føroya 2006, p. 308, illus. P. 309.