Emilie Lennert

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Karen Agathe Emilie Marie Lennert (née Olsen ; born November 5, 1931 in Sisimiut ; † May 3, 2019 ) was a Greenlandic politician ( Atassut ).

Life

Emilie Olsen attended Greenland's only secondary school for girls in Aasiaat from 1946 to 1948 , after which she graduated from Nuuk from 1948 to 1950 . She then began training in the Landshøvding office in Nuuk. In the same year Greenland underwent a major transformation. The two colonies of North and South Greenland were merged and more emphasis was placed on Greenlandic culture, which was accompanied by the use of the Greenlandic language in public authorities. For this purpose, bilingual Greenlanders were sought to work in finance and local government. Therefore, Emilie Olsen attended business school in Copenhagen , where she graduated in 1952 and then worked in the finance office in Sisimiut.

She came into contact with local politics and ran for local elections in 1967 and was not only elected but also appointed mayor of the municipality of Sisimiut . She stayed that way until 1979. In 1967 she came to the school administration of Knud Rasmussens Højskole in Aasiaat, where she was chairwoman from 1979 to 1993. During her time there, she added a women's college to the college. From 1972 to 1979 she was the representative of the Sisimiut community in KANUKOKA . After 1979 she continued to be represented in the local council. In addition, she was a lay judge at the district court in Sisimiut from 1979 to 1983 . In 1983 she stood up as a representative for Anguteeraq Davidsen for parliamentary elections. In the 1984 election she ran herself and was elected to the Inatsisartut . In 1987 she succeeded in re-election, as in 1991. From 1993 to 1997 she was 2nd Vice Mayor. She did not run for the 1995 parliamentary elections. During her political career, she served on a wide variety of local and national committees.

In 1975 she received the Fortjenstmedaljen . On June 21, 1997 she was also awarded the Nersornaat in silver. She died in May 2019 at the age of 87.

family

Emilie Lennert was the daughter of Frederik Elias Rasmus Olsen (1903–1972) and Dorthea Bolette Frederikke Lennert (1902–1966). Through her father, she was the niece of pastor Jens Olsen (1894–1966) and the cousin of his son Ôdâĸ Olsen (1928–1992). On January 25, 1959, she married Knud Rasmussen Lennert (* 1934), three years her junior, son of Karl Frederik Peter Lennert (1900–?) And Hansine Sesilie Jakobine Lennert (1902–?). The couple had four children:

  • Hans Kristian Lennert (* 1955)
  • Klari Lennert (* 1959)
  • Charlotte Lennert (* 1963)
  • Sivert Lennert (* 1966)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parliamentary election candidates 1984 in the Atuagagdliutit of March 9, 1983
  2. ↑ Deco speech in the Atuagagdliutit of August 21, 1975
  3. ↑ January René Westh: Ordenshistorisk Tidsskrift . Ed .: Ordenshistorisk Selskab . tape 36 , December 2010, ISSN  0904-5554 , p. 42 .
  4. ↑ Mindeord for Emilie Lennert at qeqqata.gl
  5. ↑ Church records Sisimiut 1928–1936 (Born girls p. 56)
  6. ↑ Church registers Sisimiut 1928–1936 (Born boys p. 28)
  7. ↑ Church registers Sisimiut 1928–1936 (married p. 128)
  8. ↑ Biography in Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon
personal data
SURNAME Lennert, Emilie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lennert, Karen Agathe Emilie Marie (full name); Olsen, Karen Agathe Emilie Marie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenlandic politician (Atassut)
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Sisimiut
DATE OF DEATH 3rd May 2019