Lars Dalager
Lars Dalager (* 1722 in Rødby ; † January 7, 1772 in Vadsø ) was a Danish merchant .
Life
Lars Dalager was the son of the customs officer Jens Laursen Dalager (around 1670–1742) and his wife Anna Goe (1688–1769). His brother was the businessman Carl Dalager (1726–1799).
After graduating from school, he probably worked for his relative Jacob Severin , after which he was sent to Greenland in 1742 , where he became an assistant in the Frederikshåb ( Paamiut ) colony , which was founded at that time. Just a year later he was appointed the colony's merchant. Due to his commitment, the colony was not abandoned despite major difficulties. In 1750 Jacob Severin left Greenland and Lars Dalager and his brother Carl were employed in Det almindelige trading companies . When he was told about land in the inland ice in 1751 , Lars Dalager started an expedition with some Greenlanders, hoping to have discovered the Eystribyggð , but the land turns out to be just nunatat , named after the discoverer Dalager Nunatakker . Lars Dalager reported among other things about this trip in the report Grønlandske Relationer from 1752. In 1754 Lars Dalager was transferred to the colony Godthåb ( Nuuk ). He tried hard to help the Greenlanders catch seals, but without much success. During his time in Nuuk he sympathized with the Moravian Mission in Neu-Herrnhut , which earned him great distrust of the Danish mission and ultimately led to his being forced to leave Greenland in 1767.
In 1768 he became a merchant in Finnmark in Kjøllefjord and Tana before he was transferred to Vadsø in 1770. There he married Anna Kirstine Fuchs on September 27, 1770. He died a year and a half later at the age of 49.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
- ↑ Biography in Biografisk Leksikon for Grønland
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dalager, Lars |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish merchant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1722 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rødby |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1772 |
| Place of death | Vadsø |