Johan Hörner, Hans Egede, c. 1745, Danish Museum of National History
Born
(1686-01-31)January 31, 1686
Harstad, Denmark-Norway
Died
November 5, 1758(1758-11-05) (aged 72)
Falster, Denmark-Norway
Spouse
Gertrud Egede nee Rasch
Children
Paul Egede (1709–1789)
Niels Egede (1710–1782)
Kirstine Matthea Egede (1715–1786)
Petronelle Egede (1716–1805)
Church
Church of Norway (evangelical Lutheran)
Writings
Published the journal of his journey to Greenland
Offices held
Ordained pastor
Missionary to Greenland
Bishop of Greenland
Principal of missionary seminary
Title
National Saint of Greenland
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Statue of Hans Egede by August Saabye, outside Frederik's Church (Marmorkirken) in Copenhagen
Hans Poulsen Egede (31 January 1686 – 5 November 1758) was a Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him to be styled the Apostle of Greenland.[1][2] He established a successful mission among the Inuit and is credited with revitalizing Dano-Norwegian interest in the island after contact had been broken for about 300 years. He founded Greenland's capital Godthåb, now known as Nuuk.
^Sara Shannon. "Hans Egede, The Apostle of Greenland". James Ford Bell Library at University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
Hans Poulsen Egede (31 January 1686 – 5 November 1758) was a Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him...
Hotel HansEgede is a four-star hotel in Nuuk, Greenland. It is named after HansEgede and is the largest hotel in Nuuk. The hotel is located on the main...
in 1950. The city was founded in 1728 by the Dano-Norwegian missionary HansEgede when he relocated from the earlier Hope Colony (Haabets Koloni) where...
HansEgede House is located in Nuuk, Greenland. It is oldest house in the country and was built in 1728. It was originally the residence of Hans Egede...
The Statue of HansEgede is a monument in Nuuk, Greenland. It commemorates the Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary HansEgede who founded Nuuk in 1728....
HansEgede Saabye (July 1746 – 31 August 1817) was a Danish priest and a missionary to Greenland. He was born on the island of Strynø in southern Denmark...
take the object and leave without destroying the ship. HansEgede's expedition, 1734 Rev. HansEgede, a Dano-Norwegian clergyman who was an early explorer...
The HansEgede Medal is awarded by the Royal Danish Geographical Society for outstanding services to geography, "principally for geographical studies and...
followed in 1734 by an account from Dano-Norwegian missionary and explorer HansEgede, who described the kraken in detail and equated it with the hafgufa of...
colonization of the Americas. After 15 years in Greenland, HansEgede left his son Paul Egede in charge of the mission there and returned to Denmark, where...
Kalaallit people in Greenland that had been established by his father, Hans, in 1721. Egede was born in Kabelvåg, a village in Vågan, Norway, on the southern...
Another account of an encounter with a sea monster comes from July 1734. HansEgede, a Dano-Norwegian missionary, reported that on a voyage to Godthåb on...
Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021. "Múte Egede er ny formand for Naalakkersuisut". KNR (in Danish). Retrieved 24 April...
by Danish monopoly merchants. From 1711 to 1721, the Norwegian cleric HansEgede petitioned King Frederick IV of Denmark for funding to travel to Greenland...
Maklykout, referring to the Dutch name of the trading post. HansEgede Since the missions of HansEgede, the Dano-Norwegians had been recolonizing Greenland...
Danish Geographical Society Fellow, American Geographical Society 1921 – HansEgede Medal from the Royal Danish Geographical Society Freuchen Land in Greenland...
HansEgede Church is an evangelical Lutheran church in Nuuk, Greenland, located in the district of Old Nuuk. The church was consecrated on the 250-year...
HansEgede Budtz (8 August 1889 – 29 June 1968) was a Danish stage and film actor. Born in Slagelse, Zealand, he was the son of Carl Budtz and Alvida Marie...
Also see Hillerbrand, Hans. "The legacy of Martin Luther" Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, in Hillerbrand, Hans & McKim, Donald K. (eds...
located at Nuuk Airport. The charter unit within Air Greenland is led by Hans Peter Hansen and employs 8 people, with 13 helicopters and 3 fixed-wing aircraft...
did not settle the island again until 1721, when the Lutheran minister HansEgede arrived and established the town now known as Nuuk. After Norway was ceded...
a permanent mark on the region's dominant Lutheranism, with figures like Hans Nielsen Hauge in Norway, Peter Spaak and Carl Olof Rosenius in Sweden, Katarina...
protecting Lutheran preachers and reformers, the most significant of which was Hans Tausen. During Frederick's reign, Lutheranism made significant inroads in...
Hans Nielsen". Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hans Nielsen Hauge. Hans Nielsen Hauge at IMDb – a 1961 Norwegian biographical film about Hans Nielsen...
Greenland in a false interpretation of the name Eystribyggð. When the pastor HansEgede, who came from the Lofoten Islands, heard about this, he set out to missionize...
Colonies and trading posts of HansEgede (1727-1747?), Claus Paarss (1728-1730), the Moravian missions (1733-1900), Jacob Severin (1734-1949) and the General...
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