Jonas Petersen
Jonas Laurits Klaus Petersen (born October 1, 1898 in Maniitsoq ; † unknown ) was a Greenlandic catechist and councilor .
Life
Jonas Petersen was a son of the head catechist Elias Kristian Frederik Peter Petersen (1856–?) And his wife Bertheline Margrethe Ane Maria Skifte (1856–?). Like his father, Jonas was trained to be a catechist. In 1928 he moved to Qasigiannguit , where he worked as Oberkatechet and from 1933 to 1938 in the North Greenlandic National Council was elected. In 1979 he was made an honorary citizen of Qasigiannguit.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Church records Maniitsoq 1891–1901 (Born boys p. 16)
- ↑ 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) ).
- ↑ Ny æresborger i Qasigiánguit in the Atuagagdliutit of January 11, 1979
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SURNAME | Petersen, Jonas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petersen, Jonas Laurits Klaus (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greenlandic catechist and councilor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1898 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Maniitsoq |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |