Gerhard Egede

Lars Gerhard Andreas Boas Egede (also Gerhardt , Gert and Gerd ; * April 5, 1892 in Narsaq ; † April 15, 1969 there ) was a Greenlandic catechist , pastor and councilor .

Gerhard Egede graduated from Grønland's seminarium in 1912 and then trained in Denmark. He then worked as a senior catechist in Aasiaat and Nuuk and was ordained in 1917 . As a result he was pastor in Paamiut , Nanortalik , Qaqortoq and Narsarmijit .

He was a municipal and syssel councilor and was elected to the South Greenland Regional Council in 1933. While he was represented by Sem Petersen in the first year , he was present at all remaining sessions of the legislative period and was re-elected in 1939, as well as in 1945. During this period, however, he was represented by Kristian Berthelsen in 1946, 1949 and 1950 . From 1951 to 1954 he was also a member of the first national council for all of Greenland. At 21 years in office, he was the longest-serving member at the time.

Its role in Greenlandic political history has been enormous. He was seen as the pioneer of the “new” Greenland when he agreed to Greenland's decolonization. In 1950 he was appointed Dannebrogsmand .

He was the son of the hunter Edvard Frederik Kristian Anders Egede (1858–1901) and his wife Ane Sofie Frederikke Berthelsen (1865–1913). Through his mother he was a grandson of Rasmus Berthelsen (1827-1901). He married on September 3, 1916 in Aasiaat Karen Karoline Agathe Siegstad (1897–?), Who was the illegitimate daughter of the future inspector Carl Frederik Harries (1872–1938). The Provincial Councilor Carl Egede (1924–1959), who died in the sinking of Hans Hedtoft , was his son.

Individual evidence

↑ Church registers Qaqortoq 1890–1899 (Born boys p. 7)
↑ 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) ).

↑ Visitatsprovst Gerhardt Egede in the Atuagagdliutit of May 1, 1969

↑ Order decoration til commission medlemmer. in the Grønlandsposten from April 16, 1950

↑ Church registers Aasiaat 1911-1919 (married p. 146)

^ Carl Egede in Kraks Blå Bog 1957

personal data
SURNAME	Egede, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Egede, Lars Gerhard Andreas Boas (full name); Egede, Gerhardt; Egede, Gert; Egede, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenlandic pastor, catechist and councilor
DATE OF BIRTH	April 5, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Narsaq
DATE OF DEATH	April 15, 1969
Place of death	Narsaq

[1] Church registers Qaqortoq 1890–1899 (Born boys p. 7)

[2] 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) ).

[3] Visitatsprovst Gerhardt Egede in the Atuagagdliutit of May 1, 1969

[4] Order decoration til commission medlemmer. in the Grønlandsposten from April 16, 1950

[5] Church registers Aasiaat 1911-1919 (married p. 146)

[6] Carl Egede in Kraks Blå Bog 1957