Jens Daugaard-Jensen
Jens Daugaard-Jensen (born March 24, 1871 in Skovgårde , † November 27, 1938 in Gentofte ) was a Danish merchant and inspector of Greenland .
Life
After the preliminary exam in Randers , Jens Daugaard-Jensen worked as an employee in Harden offices in Mariager and Terndrup and later in a law firm in Copenhagen . He completed a law degree in 1892 and worked again in Terndrup before he started trading at Den Kongelige Grønlandske in 1893 . In 1894 he moved to Uummannaq , but returned to Copenhagen the following year to work as an assistant at KGH. In 1898 he became an authorized representative. Two years later he was appointed inspector of North Greenland by the KGH . After twelve years in office, he became Greenland Director of the KGH in 1912. He held this office until he died in 1938 at the age of 67.
Daugaard-Jensen's tenure is seen as hugely important to Greenlandic history. His commitment ensured a modernization in Greenland that had not previously taken place in 130 years of Danish administrative sovereignty. He made sure that the country became more independent and self-sufficient. In 1911 the State Council was introduced in Greenland , which for the first time enabled the two colonies ( North and South Greenland ) to govern themselves .
Jens Daugaard-Jensen was a Knight of the 1913 Order of the Dannebrog appointed and 1921 on top of that to Dannebrogmand . He was also chairman of the board of the Kong Chr. Xs og dronning Alexandrines Grønlandsfond , vice-chairman of the Science Commission for Greenland, chairman of the naming committee for Greenland, honorary member of the Greenland Society and advisor to the cryolite society Öresund. He was also a member of the Royal Geographical Society, awarded the Order of Saint Olav and commander of the 2nd degree of the Order of Dannebrog.
The Daugaard-Jensen Valley (69.53 ° N; 53.31 ° W) on Disko Island , which separates Akuliarusersuaq, east of Kangerluk , from the rest of the island, is named after him, as is Daugaard-Jensen Land ( 80.3 ° N; 61.5 ° W) and Cape Daugaard-Jensen (83.29 ° N; 42.51 ° W) on the Pearyland in the far north of Greenland.
family
Jens Daugaard-Jensen was the son of the hotelier Peder Johannes Jensen (1841–1903) and Petrine Daugaard (1848–1925). In 1900 he married Ida Louise Catharina Jensen (1875–1955) in Nakskov . The following children were named in the 1916 census:
- Gunnar (born January 30, 1902)
- Eigil (born July 30, 1903)
- Ingrid Johanne (born March 20, 1905)
- Torah (born June 9, 1908)
- Ivar (born March 22, 1915)
Individual evidence
- ^ List of heads of state in Greenland at worldstatesmen.org
- ^ Entry in the Biografisk Leksikon for Grønland
- ^ Obituary in the Geografisk Tidsskrift . Volume 41, 1938, p. 118 (Danish).
- ↑ Entry in Dansk biografisk leksikon
- ↑ Gravestone at gravsted.dk
- ↑ Daugaard-Jensen-Tal at mapcarta.com
- ↑ Daugaard-Jensen-Land at mapcarta.com
- ↑ Cape Daugaard-Jensen at mapcarta.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daugaard-Jensen, Jens |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish merchant and inspector of Greenland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skovgårde |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1938 |
| Place of death | Gentofte |