Hans Egede Medal
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The Hans Egede medal is awarded by the Royal Danish Geographical Society for outstanding services to geography, "principally for geographical studies and research in the Polar lands." It was instituted in 1916 and named after Hans Egede, a Danish missionary who established a mission in Greenland.[1]
Recipients
Source: Royal Danish Geographical Society
- 1921: Peter Freuchen ; Godfred Hansen ; Morten P. Porsild
- 1924: Knud Rasmussen
- 1925: Roald Amundsen
- 1927: Lauge Koch
- 1932: Henry George Watkins ; Therkel Mathiassen
- 1933: Ejnar Mikkelsen ; Kaj Birket-Smith
- 1937: Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann
- 1947: Pálmi Hannesson
- 1951: Eigil Knuth
- 1955: Helge Larsen
- 1959: Vivian Fuchs
- 1960: Paul A. Siple
- 1971: Willi Dansgaard ; Børge Fristrup
- 1976: Knud Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen ; Jørgen Meldgaard
- 1980: Bent Fredskild
- 1982: Gunnar Østrem
- 1984: Trevor Lloyd
- 1986: Preben Gudmandsen
- 1992: Niels Steen Gundestrup
- 1996: Bent Hasholt ; Johannes Krüger
- 2017: Bo Elberling,[2] for his contributions to research on the Arctic
See also
References
- ^ "EGEDE MEDAILLEN". Royal Danish Geographical Society. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Head of Center Bo Elberling receives the Hans Egede Medal". Danish National Research Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- Article based in part on Hans Egede Medaillen article in Danish Wiki