Seth Olsen

Seth Eli Johan Olsen (born March 1, 1882 in Sisimiut , † April 8, 1921 there ) was a Greenland state councilor .

Seth Olsen was the son of the hunter Jørgen Ole Tønnes Jokum Olsen (1852–?) And his wife Kirstine Bodil Benedikta Absalonsen (1854–?). He was also a hunter himself and was elected to Sydgrønlands Landsråd in 1917 . However, he last attended a session in 1919 and died of tuberculosis during the 1921 legislative period at the age of 39 . He was represented by Marius Olsen . Seth Olsen was the younger brother of Provincial Councilor Simon Olsen (1879–1936) and the uncle of Provincial Councilor Jørgen CF Olsen (1916–1985). His grandson is the linguist Carl Christian Olsen (* 1943).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Church records Sisimiut 1867–1887 (Born boys p. 26)
↑ ^a ^b Church records Sisimiut 1915–1927 (Dead Men, p. 173)
^ ^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) ).

↑ Det er med vemod jeg forlader rådet in the Atuagagdliutit of November 2, 1978

personal data
SURNAME	Olsen, Seth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Olsen, Seth Eli Johan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greenland Provincial Council
DATE OF BIRTH	March 1, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sisimiut
DATE OF DEATH	April 8, 1921
Place of death	Sisimiut

[geburt-1] Church records Sisimiut 1867–1887 (Born boys p. 26)

[tod-2] Church records Sisimiut 1915–1927 (Dead Men, p. 173)

[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] Det er med vemod jeg forlader rådet in the Atuagagdliutit of November 2, 1978