Albrecht Lynge

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Albrecht Larsen Lynge (* around 1765 in Qasigiannguit ; † September 21, 1800 in Aasiaat ) was a Greenland hunter and Greenland pioneer.

Life

Albrecht Lynge was the older son of the Danish cooper Lars Lynge (around 1725–1803) and his Greenlandic wife Maren (1737–1785). He married on April 7, 1782 in Qasigiannguit Ane Maria Jacobsdatter Møller (around 1767-1833), daughter of the Danish catechist Jacob Poulsen Møller and his Greenlandic wife Rebecca. Since Albrecht was Lars Lynge's only son with offspring, he can also be regarded as the progenitor of the family. Many of the most important figures in Greenland are descended from him. The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Rebekka Albrechtsdatter Lynge (1783-1858), married. with Jens Rasmussen Holm (around 1781–1831)
  • Lars Albrechtsen Lynge (1787–1848), married. with Kristine Mettea Alsbach (1781–1855)
  • Anna Albrechtsdatter Lynge (1789–1821), married. with Christen Andersen Kruse (1793–1850)
  • Elias Albrechtsen Lynge (1791–1852), married. with Helga (1790-1859)

Nothing is known about Albrecht's youth. As the son of a Dane, he probably did not learn to hunt kayaks. His father had caught seals with nets for the first time in 1776, and this is how Albrecht came into contact with net hunting. In 1782 he was appointed to the service of commerce , where he was appointed whaler of Imerissoq . Although inspector Johan Friedrich Schwabe considered him unfit, he kept the job. In 1787 the commercial assistant Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort came to Imerissoq to work as a whaling manager. He knew Albrecht's father and so Myhlenphort and Albrecht Lynge tried to hunt net in Imerissoq, which was unsuccessful.

Myhlenphort moved to Ilulissat as early as 1788, but demanded that Albrecht come along in order to be able to start another attempt. Myhlenphort had a house built for Albrecht Lynge in Oqaatsut north of the colony at his own expense . This time Albrecht was successful in net hunting there and trained other Greenlanders. As a trade clerk he received wages from the state and was also allowed to earn money for his own catch, which made it economically good for him. Albrecht Lynge and his colleagues formed the first traditional hunting cooperation in Greenland. Albrecht Lynge was the Greenlandic pioneer of net hunting. Myhlenphort later moved to Aasiaat and Albrecht followed again, together with his men, and this time they were also successful. In 1795, Inspector Børge Johan Schultz described him as the second most capable man in the colony.

In a smallpox epidemic in 1800/01, a large number of Albrecht's men died and he too succumbed to the disease. Myhlenphort was appointed South Greenland inspector in Nuuk the following year and took Albrecht's widow and the children with him, who from then on lived with him. It can be assumed that Ane Maria's daughter Elisabeth Augustina, born in 1797, is the child of Myhlenphorts.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Niels H. Frandsen: Nogle Grønlandske slægter . Forlaget Atuagkat, Nuuk 2011, ISBN 978-87-92554-22-2 , pp. 128 .
  2. ↑ Biography in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
  3. ^ Family Lynge von Bendt Lynge (1901–1987) (.pdf)
personal data
SURNAME Lynge, Albrecht
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lynge, Albrecht Larsen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenland hunter and Greenland pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Qasigiannguit
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1800
Place of death Aasiaat