Ole Bendixen Explained

Ole Bendixen
Office:Royal Inspector of South Greenland
Term Start:1903
Term End:1914
Predecessor:Oscar Peter Cornelius Koch
Successor:Oluf Hastrup
Birth Date:7 December 1869
Birth Place:Søften Sogn, Favrskov Municipality, Denmark
Death Place:Ordrup Sogn, Gentofte Municipality, Denmark
Nationality:Danish
Occupation:Merchant, explorer, author, administrator

Ole Bendixen (1869–1958) was a Danish explorer, merchant, and author who served as Royal Inspector of South Greenland from 1903 to 1914.[1]

Bendixen was active in Greenland from the early 1890s, and rose through the ranks of the Royal Greenland Trading Company, which had administrated Greenland from the 18th century. He was appointed inspector (the highest post in the colony) of the south in 1903, and held the post for 11 years. Upon his retirement as inspector, he was awarded the Order of Vasa.

He led several expeditions in the Arctic in the 1910s, and was the author of several non-fiction books about Greenland.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Greenland.html Liste der Staatsoberhäupter Grönlands
  2. https://arktiskinstitut.dk/vidensdatabaserne/biografisk-leksikon/soeg-i-biografisk-leksikon/?employee=55&no_cache=1&L=0 Eintrag