Knud Oldendow

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Knud Honoré Oldendow (until 1929 Knud Honoré Petersen , often incorrectly written Oldenow ; born November 18, 1892 in Ranum , Bjørnsholm Sogn , Slet Herred , Ålborg Amt ; † August 24, 1975 in Tårnby Sogn , Tårnby Kommune ) was a Danish businessman and lawyer , Civil servant , author , ornithologist and inspector, and Landsfoged of Greenland .

Life

Knud Honoré Petersen was a student in Viborg from 1910 . It was not until 1920 that he became a cand. Iur. his graduation. He then worked as an authorized representative in Vejle , as well as an accountant for the local school fund and as a secretary to the income tax committee. In 1924 he was appointed the last inspector for South Greenland . He took over from Christian Simony , who only worked as an inspector for a few months. A few months later the inspector's office was abolished after 142 years and replaced by that of the Landsfoged. Petersen was temporarily appointed the first Landsfoged of South Greenland and held the office until 1929. On September 25th of that year he changed his last name to Oldendow . After a one-year hiatus, he took over the office again in 1931, but was replaced by Aksel Svane the next year , as he was appointed head of administration in Copenhagen . In 1935 he was made a knight of the Order of Dannebrog . In 1938 he was promoted to director as successor to Jens Daugaard-Jensen . In 1939 he became Dannebrogmand .

In 1940 Denmark was occupied by the German Empire during World War II , which led to the collapse of the Danish administration of the colony. Oldendow tried to travel to the United States via Lisbon and from there to Greenland, which had been occupied by the United States, but failed. After the World War, Greenland went back to Denmark. Greenland's population was dissatisfied with the situation and made Oldendow a scapegoat. From 1948 he met with the Danish Prime Minister Hans Hedtoft in Greenland to discuss administrative reform. As a result, Oldendow resigned from his position as director; His successor was Eske Brun , who had already been a Landsfoged in the past. In 1947 he was appointed commander of the Dannebrogs 2nd degree .

After his resignation, Oldendow began to study theology , but was still very interested in the development of Greenland. Knud Honoré Oldendow was an expert on Greenlandic affairs. He wrote a variety of non-fiction and magazine articles about the country and built up a unique collection of Greenlandic birds. In addition, Oldendow was chairman of the board of the Kong Chr. Xs og dronning Alexandrines Grønlandsfond from 1938 to 1948 , member of the Greenland Science Commission, member of the Council of the Arctic Institute , chairman of the Öresund cryolite society from 1940 to 1950, then director there until 1969 and then continued to be an advisor. He was also a member of the Fatherland Fund, the head office of the Danish Nature Conservation Association, the Danish Church Committee, the administration of the Kronborg Trade and Maritime Museum and President of the Viborg Heritage Association . In 1957 he was awarded a scholarship from the Carit Andersen publishing house . Oldendow died in 1975 at the age of 83.

family

Knud Honoré Oldendow was the son of the gymnastics teacher and officer Hans Peter Petersen (1863-1927) and his wife Marie Cathrine Honoré (1867-1918). His mother came from a family that long ago migrated from France to Belgium, then to Germany, and finally to Denmark. On November 8, 1921, he married Caroline Albertine Christine (Nina) Christiansen (1891–1971) in Horsens . The son of Mogens Hans Carl Honoré Oldendow (1927-1998) emerged from the marriage.

Works (selection)

  • Rosenmaagen in Greenland . Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift. 1928
  • Træk af colonies of Godthaab's history . 1928
  • The Grønlandske Samfundslære . 1931
  • Fugleliv in Greenland . 1933
  • Naturfredning i Greenland . 1935
  • Træk af Grønlands politiske Historie - Grønlændernes egne Samfundsorganer . 1936
  • Greenland. Folk and Land in the fore days . 1936
  • Fra min Drengetid. Stiftsstaden Viborg omkr. århundredskiftet . 1950 (autobiography)
  • Grønlændervennen H. Rink . 1955
  • Bogtrykker arts in Greenland . 1957
  • Minor from min gymnasietid . 1967 (autobiography)
  • Groenlandica. Conspectus bibliographicus . 1967 (3rd edition)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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) ).
  2. ↑ church book Bjørnsholm Sogn 1892-1901 p 5
  3. ^ List of heads of state in Greenland at worldstatesmen.org
  4. ↑ Entry in Dansk biografisk leksikon
personal data
SURNAME Oldendow, Knud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oldendow, Knud Honoré (full name); Petersen, Knud Honoré (maiden name); Oldenow, Knud Honoré (incorrect spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish businessman, lawyer, civil servant, author, ornithologist and inspector as well as Landsfoged of Greenland
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Ranum , Bjørnsholm Sogn , Slet Herred , Ålborg Amt
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1975
Place of death Tårnby Sogn , Tårnby Municipality