Anthon Petersen

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Anton Nikolai Eigel Josva Petersen (mostly Anthon Petersen ; born July 6, 1907 in Paamiut ; † April 1984 ibid) was a Greenland fisherman and councilor .

Life

Anthon Petersen was the son of John Hendrik Ole Petersen (1866–?) And his wife Emilie Cecilie Magdalene Hegelund (1877–?). On August 18, 1929, he married in Arsuk Dina Charlotte Margrethe Emilie Sørensen (1906–?), Daughter of Jakob Silas Seth Josef Sørensen and his wife Erika Cecilie Helene Rasmussen.

He grew up in humble circumstances, but was the first Greenlander to buy a fishing boat in 1952. He became a pioneer of Greenland fishing, which his son Peter in particular continued to pursue to a similar extent.

Anthon Petersen was a member of the local council and was elected after the administrative reform in 1951. In 1963 he was elected to Grønlands Landsråd , where he stayed for one legislative period. In 1967 he was only a deputy.

He was a holder of the Dannebrog Order and died in 1984 at the age of 76 after a long illness.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Parish registers Paamiut 1906–1925 (Born boys p. 2)
  2. ↑ a b c En pioner in the Atuagagdliutit of April 17, 1984
  3. ↑ Parish registers Paamiut 1926–1937 (Married people, p. 138)
  4. ↑ Der er krummer i den grønlandske fiskerungdom in the Atuagdliutit of February 14, 1963
  5. ↑ 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) ).
  6. ^ National Council election candidates 1967 in the Atuagagdliutit of March 30, 1967
personal data
SURNAME Petersen, Anthon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peterson, Anton Nikolai Eigel Josva (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenland fisherman and councilor
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Paamiut
DATE OF DEATH April 1984
Place of death Paamiut