Hans Motzfeldt

Hans Lars Hendrik Motzfeldt (born October 17, 1881 in Saarloq ; † May 9, 1921 in Paamiut ) was a Greenlandic catechist and councilor .

Hans Motzfeldt was the son of the catechist Edvard Frederik Lars Josva Julius Motzfeldt and his wife Antoinette Ingeborg Marie Caritas Chemnitz from Nanortalik. His mother was a sister of Jens Chemnitz (1853–1929). From 1897 to 1903 he was trained at Grønland's seminarium . He then worked as a catechist in various places. During his time in Qeqertarsuatsiaat he was a member of the first South Greenland State Council from 1911 to 1916 . Most recently he was the head catechist in Paamiut. He died in 1921 at the age of 39. His son Lars Motzfeldt (1908–1987) and his son-in-law Klaus Lynge (1902–1981) later also sat on the regional council.

Individual evidence

↑ Church records Qaqortoq 1862–1887 (Born boys p. 86 in the reader)
↑ ^a ^b Parish registers Paamiut 1906–1925 (Dead Men p. 171)
↑ Church registers Qaqortoq 1862–1887 (Married people, p. 20 in the reader)
↑ Church officials in the Nalunaerutit of November 1906
↑ 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) ).

personal data
SURNAME	Motzfeldt, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Motzfeldt, Hans Lars Hendrik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenlandic catechist and councilor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 17, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saarloq
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 1921
Place of death	Paamiut

[1] Church records Qaqortoq 1862–1887 (Born boys p. 86 in the reader)

[tod-2] Parish registers Paamiut 1906–1925 (Dead Men p. 171)

[3] Church registers Qaqortoq 1862–1887 (Married people, p. 20 in the reader)

[4] Church officials in the Nalunaerutit of November 1906

[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) ).