Nikolaj Karlsen

Pele Peter Nikolaj Hans Karlsen (born July 28, 1920 in Aqisserniaq ; † November 22, 1994 ) was a Greenland state councilor .

Nikolaj Karlsen was the son of the hunter Niels Karl Karlsen (1894–?) And his wife Regine Bolette Gjertrud Inger Alaufesen (1894–?) And was born in a now abandoned village about seven kilometers south of Attu .

He was a fisherman and was first elected to Grønlands Landsråd in 1955. In 1959 he was re-elected for the first time. In 1963 he was appointed to the council of the Kangaatsiaq community . In 1971 and 1975 he was elected to the National Council two more times.

In 1955, shortly before his 35th birthday, he almost lost his life when his motorboat leaked and he was rescued by another fisherman at the last moment.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Church records Aasiaat 1920–1928 (Born boys p. 5)
↑ Nikolaj Karlsen-imut eqqaaniut in the Atuagagdliutit of December 22, 1994
^ ^A ^b 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) ).

↑ Grønlands nye kommunalbestyrelser in the Atuagagdliutit of July 4, 1963

↑ Livsfarlig situation in the Atuagagdliutit from July 28, 1955

personal data
SURNAME	Karlsen, Nikolaj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Karlsen, Pele Peter Nikolaj Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenland Provincial Council
DATE OF BIRTH	July 28, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aqisserniaq
DATE OF DEATH	November 22, 1994

[nka-1] Church records Aasiaat 1920–1928 (Born boys p. 5)

[2] Nikolaj Karlsen-imut eqqaaniut in the Atuagagdliutit of December 22, 1994

[aks-3] A ^b 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) ).

[4] Grønlands nye kommunalbestyrelser in the Atuagagdliutit of July 4, 1963

[5] Livsfarlig situation in the Atuagagdliutit from July 28, 1955