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.