Jakob Nielsen (politician)

Jokum Hendrik Jakob Nielsen (born April 19, 1910 in Alluitsup Paa ; † November 1985 ) was a Greenland state councilor .

He was the son of National Councilor Niels Frederik Jens Peter Nielsen and his wife Mathilde Sara Elisabeth. His wife was Marie "Mâliâraĸ" Dorph († 1978). The two are among others the parents of Hendrik Nielsen .

In 1951 he was elected to the first National Council for all of Greenland and then re-elected in 1955 and 1959. He campaigned strongly for the small villages of Greenland, especially Aappilattoq (Nanortalik) .

Individual evidence

↑ Church registers Alluitsoq and Alluitsup Paa 1921–1934 (confirmed boys p. 83)
↑ Torben Lodberg : Grønlands Grønne Bog 1988 . Ed .: Grønlands hjemmestyres informationkontor. Copenhagen 1988, ISBN 87-982902-9-0 , pp. 47 f .
↑ ^a ^b Fhv. landsrådsmedlem Jakob Nielsen er død in the Atuagagdliutit of November 27, 1985
↑ 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	Nielsen, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nielsen, Jokum Hendrik Jakob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenland Provincial Council
DATE OF BIRTH	April 19, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alluitsup Paa
DATE OF DEATH	November 1985

[1] Church registers Alluitsoq and Alluitsup Paa 1921–1934 (confirmed boys p. 83)

[2] Torben Lodberg : Grønlands Grønne Bog 1988 . Ed .: Grønlands hjemmestyres informationkontor. Copenhagen 1988, ISBN 87-982902-9-0 , pp. 47 f .

[atua-3] Fhv. landsrådsmedlem Jakob Nielsen er død in the Atuagagdliutit of November 27, 1985

[4] 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) ).