Nikolaj Hansen (politician)

Nikolaj Peter Thorsten Hansen (born February 18, 1892 in Uummannaq ; † 1935 ) was a Greenland state councilor .

Nikolaj Hansen was the son of the head catechist Hans Andreas Jakob Theofilus Hansen (1860–?) And his wife Emilie Bolette Juditha Motzfeldt (1865–?). His brother was Hans Hansen (1890–?). Nikolaj married on July 22, 1913 in Qeqertarsuatsiaat Ane Maria Benigne Lynge (1896–?), Daughter of the cooper Lars Christian Rasmus Vittus Lynge (1855–1928) and his wife Vitta Pouline Ane Elisabeth Margrethe Elberg (1860–1930). From the marriage, among other things, the son Hans A. Hansen (1925-1997) emerged. Nikolaj's brother was married to his wife's sister. Another sister of his wife was married to the artist Stephen Møller (1882-1909).

He and his family moved from northern Greenland to the south of Qeqertarsuatsiaat when he was young. There he lived as a hunter. In 1927 he was a member of the South Greenland State Council . The following year he was represented by Asser Berthels and then Theofilus Johnsen took the place. He died in 1935 at the age of only 43.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Niels H. Frandsen: Nogle grønlandske slægter . Forlaget Atuagkat, Nuuk 2011, ISBN 978-87-92554-22-2 , pp. 157 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Torben Lodberg : Grønlands Grønne Bog 1988 . Ed .: Grønlands hjemmestyres informationkontor. Copenhagen 1988, ISBN 87-982902-9-0 , pp. 25 .
↑ 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) ).

personal data
SURNAME	Hansen, Nikolaj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hansen, Nikolaj Peter Thorsten (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenland Provincial Council
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Uummannaq
DATE OF DEATH	1935

[nhf-1] Niels H. Frandsen: Nogle grønlandske slægter . Forlaget Atuagkat, Nuuk 2011, ISBN 978-87-92554-22-2 , pp. 157 .

[ggb-2] Torben Lodberg : Grønlands Grønne Bog 1988 . Ed .: Grønlands hjemmestyres informationkontor. Copenhagen 1988, ISBN 87-982902-9-0 , pp. 25 .

[3] 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) ).