Mikael Gam

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Mikael Gam
Minister for Greenland
In office
18 November 1960 – 26 September 1964
Prime Minister
Preceded byKai Lindberg
Succeeded byCarl P. Jensen
Personal details
Born14 February 1901
Sinding, Denmark
Died24 May 1982(1982-05-24) (aged 81)
Virum, Copenhagen
Political partyIndependent
AwardsOrder of the Dannebrog

Mikael Gam (1901–1982) was a Danish educator and independent politician. After working as a teacher and school administrator in Greenland he became a member of the Danish Parliament in 1960 and served in the post until 1960. During the same period he was the minister for Greenland.

Biography[edit]

Gam was born in Sinding near Silkeborg on 14 February 1901.[1] He was a teacher by training and settled in Greenland in 1925.[2] There he worked as a teacher and was a school administrator from 1950 to 1960.[3] He was elected to the Parliament on 15 November 1960.[1][4] He represented the North Greenland at the Parliament.[2][4] His parliamentary term ended on 22 September 1964.[1] He was appointed minister for Greenland in the cabinet led by Prime President Viggo Kampmann on 18 November 1960.[1][3] Gam continued to serve as minister of Greenland in the next cabinet formed by Jens Otto Krag.[3] Gam's ministerial tenure ended on 26 September 1964.[1]

Gam published several textbooks and other books on education in Greenland and on women in Greenland.[1] He was married to Helga Gam.[2] He died in Virum, Copenhagen, on 24 May 1982 and was buried in Søllerød cemetery.[2]

Gam was first invested as commander and then, knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mikael Gam (UFG)" (in Danish). Folketinget.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Mikael Gam". Kendtes gravsted (in Danish). Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Thomas Sehested (12 April 2023). Mikael Gam (in Danish). Den Store Danske Encyklopædi.
  4. ^ a b Inge Rasmussen (28 October 2022). "Grønlands MF'ere gennem tiden". Sermitsiaq. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
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