Nicolai Zimmer Explained

Nicolai Zimmer
Office:Royal Inspector of North Greenland
Term Start:1845
Term End:1846
Predecessor:Hans Peter Christian Møller
Successor:Christian Søren Marcus Olrik
Birth Date:25 January 1810
Birth Place:Veggerby, Denmark
Death Place:Frederiksberg, Denmark
Nationality:Danish
Occupation:Merchant, administrator

Nicolai Zimmer (1810-1894) was the Danish Inspector of North Greenland from 1845 to 1846. He studied law in Aalborg from 1829, and moved to Greenland in 1842, before being appointed inspector.[1]

His mother Elisabeth was the granddaughter of Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, through his illegitimate daughter Frederikke. Zimmer's wife Karen was half Greenlandic Inuit.

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  1. https://arktiskinstitut.dk/vidensdatabaserne/biografisk-leksikon/soeg-i-biografisk-leksikon/?L=0&employee=716&no_cache=1 Eintrag