Hans J. Lassen

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Hans Jacob Lassen (born August 16, 1926 in Gevninge Sogn ; † December 8, 2011 ) was a Danish lawyer , civil servant and Landshøvding from Greenland .

Hans J. Lassen graduated from Frederiksborg High School in 1945 . In 1953 he completed a law degree as a candidate . In the same year he became secretary at the Grønlandsdepartement . In 1956 he became a lawyer . From 1956 to 1958 he was the agent of Greenland under the administration of Poul Hugo Lundsteen . From 1958 to 1964 he was ministerial secretary and then first plenipotentiary, then bureau chief of the Greenland Ministry . From 1973 to 1979 he was the last Landshøvding in Greenland. After the Hjemmestyre was granted to Greenland , he became a bailiff in North Jylland and a canon in the diocese of Aalborg until 1981 . He was then a state official in Nordjylland and then again until 1996 in Aalborg.

He was the first class commander of the Dannebrog Order and chamberlain .

Hans J. Lassen's parents were the inspector Henrik Kristian Otto Lassen (1887–1974) and Signe Skovgaard (1895–1985). Through his mother he was a grandson of the painter Joakim Frederik Skovgaard (1856–1933) and a great-grandson of the botanist Johan Martin Christian Lange (1818–1898). His great, great, great-uncle was the botanist Jens Wilken Hornemann (1770–1841). In 1954 he married Hanne Metz (1930-2013), the daughter of Paul Metz and Else Rubow. The sons Steen David and Ulrik Joakim emerged from the marriage.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church registers Gevninge Sogn 1916–1932 p. 13
  2. ↑ a b family at noblecircles.com
  3. ↑ memorial at navne.dk
  4. ↑ a b LASSEN Hans J in Kraks Blå Bog 1974 (Attention: Missing paragraph. Entry under "LASSEN Hans"!)
  5. ^ List of heads of state in Greenland at worldstatesmen.org
  6. ↑ a b c Hans Jacob Lassen at gravsted.dk
  7. ↑ Pedigree at noblecircles.com
personal data
SURNAME Lassen, Hans J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lassen, Hans Jacob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish lawyer, civil servant and Landshøvding of Greenland
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Gevninge Sogn
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 2011