Albrecht Josefsen

Albrecht Josef Ananias Lars Mikael Josefsen (born March 20, 1857 in Maniitsoq , † November 11, 1921 in Niaqornat ) was a Greenlandic catechist and councilor .

Albrecht Josefsen was the son of Enok Esra and his wife Sara Maria. His great-nephew was the fisherman of the same name and Provincial Councilor Alibak Josefsen (1925–1987).

Albrecht was born in Maniitsoq in South Greenland , but later moved to North Greenland , where he worked as a catechist in Niaqornat. From 1911 to 1916 he was a member of the first North Greenland State Council. He died in Niaqornat in 1921 at the age of 64, presumably of a heart attack.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Church records Maniitsoq 1857–1864 (Born boys p. 2)
↑ ^a ^b ^c Church records Uummannaq 1915–1921 (Dead Men, p. 186)
↑ Axel Kjær Sørensen: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Man and Society. 34). Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen 2006, ISBN 87-90369-89-0 , ( digital copy (PDF; 3.35 MB) ).

personal data
SURNAME	Josefsen, Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Josefsen, Albrecht Josef Ananias Lars Mikael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenland Provincial Council
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Maniitsoq
DATE OF DEATH	November 11, 1921
Place of death	Niaqornat

[geburt-1] Church records Maniitsoq 1857–1864 (Born boys p. 2)

[tod-2] Church records Uummannaq 1915–1921 (Dead Men, p. 186)

[3] Axel Kjær Sørensen: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Man and Society. 34). Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen 2006, ISBN 87-90369-89-0 , ( digital copy (PDF; 3.35 MB) ).