Klaus Lynge

Klaus Jonathan Nikolaj Peter Lynge (born December 14, 1902 in Nuuk , † 1981 in Qaqortoq ) was a Greenland councilor , trade administrator , judge and journalist .

After leaving school, Klaus Lynge started to work at Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel , where he soon became Udsteds administrator , where he worked in the settlements around Nuuk a. a. had to direct the trade. In 1937 he was transferred to Qaqortoq, where he continued to work as a Udsteds administrator. He also edited the local newspaper Kujataamiu . He was politically active and, in addition to his work as chairman of the council of the municipality of Qaqortoq until 1959, when he was de facto mayor, he also sat in the regional council from 1945 to 1950 and from 1955 to 1959, although he was replaced by his brother in 1945 and 1949 Hans Lynge and Frederik Nielsenwas represented. Most recently, he resigned his offices and became district judge for the entire south of Greenland.

He was a knight of the Dannebrog Order and received the Fortjenstmedaljen .

Klaus Lynge was the son of pastor Niels Peter Salomon Lynge (1880–1965) and his wife Theodora Ane Sisilie Rosing (1883–1940). In addition to his brother Hans (1906–1988), who was a writer, he also had his sister Cecilie (1917–1999), who also became a writer. Klaus married On August 17, 1930 in Nuuk Ingeborg Ane Kirsten Motzfeldt (1911–?), Daughter of the head catechist and regional councilor Hans Lars Hendrik Motzfeldt and his wife Dorthea Henriette Kathrine Hammeken. The following children were born from the marriage:

Else Louise Helene Milka Lynge (born June 20, 1931 in Narsaq )
Niels Karl Frederik Motzfeldt Lynge (born April 19, 1933 in Nuuk)
John Herjulf Nikolaj Lynge (born April 22, 1935)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Family Lynge von Bendt Lynge (1901–1987) (.pdf)
↑ 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) ).

↑ ^a ^b Navnlig navne in the Atuagagdliutit of January 17, 1963

^ Church records Nuuk 1927-1934 (Born Girls II p. 61)

^ Church records Nuuk 1927-1934 (Born boys II p. 32)

personal data
SURNAME	Lynge, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lynge, Klaus Jonathan Nikolaj Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenland Regional Councilor, trade administrator, judge and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuuk
DATE OF DEATH	1981
Place of death	Qaqortoq

[benne-1] Family Lynge von Bendt Lynge (1901–1987) (.pdf)

[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) ).

[atua-3] Navnlig navne in the Atuagagdliutit of January 17, 1963

[4] Church records Nuuk 1927-1934 (Born Girls II p. 61)

[5] Church records Nuuk 1927-1934 (Born boys II p. 32)