Frederik Balle
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Balle (born August 26, 1871 in Nuuk , † June 24, 1939 in Copenhagen ) was a Greenlandic - Danish missionary , provost , pastor , university director , translator and author .
Life
Frederik Balle was the son of the Danish missionary Nikolaj Edinger Balle (1839-1900) and his Greenlandic wife Kathrine Justine Fleischer (1849-1918). He was the older brother of Knud Balle (1877–1928) and through this the uncle of Holger Balle (1917–2010). His maternal aunt was married to the missionary Christian Rasmussen (1846-1918), making Frederik Balle a cousin of the polar explorer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933).
Frederik Balle studied theology from 1890 to 1897. In 1900 he was appointed a missionary in Narsarmijit , where he was involved in proselytizing immigrant Tunumiit . It was not until May 2, 1901, that he was ordained and transferred to Alluitsoq . From 1904 he worked in Qaqortoq . In 1909 he became a missionary in Nuuk , where he was appointed seminary director a year later . In 1918 he took over the post of provost of South Greenland from his younger brother. In 1927 he left Greenland for Denmark and became a pastor in Davids Sogn in Copenhagen.
He was a member of the Nuuk Court for 14 years. In 1928 he became a secretary at Den Grønlandske Kirkesag . He was also a translator and writer. He translated the Vejledning til Selvstudium af Jesus Liv by Olfert Ricard to Greenland , translated several Gospels and wrote textbooks for the Greenland Folkeskole and the seminary.
On July 28, 1902, Frederik Balle married in Tårbæk, Denmark, Astrid (Adda) Eleonora Thorborg (1881–1957), daughter of the doctor Jens Christensen Thorborg (1850–1932) and his wife Agnete Marie Levinsen (1861–1951). In 1921 he was made a knight of the Order of Dannebrog . Frederik Balle died in Copenhagen in 1939 at the age of 67.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balle, Frederik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balle, Nikolaj Frederik Severin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greenland-Danish missionary, pastor, provost, university director, translator and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuuk |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1939 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |