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

personal data
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

[geburt-1] Church records Maniitsoq 1891–1901 (Born boys p. 16)

[2] 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) ).

[3] Ny æresborger i Qasigiánguit in the Atuagagdliutit of January 11, 1979