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Bookmark or Share- Statue of Hans Egede - WikipediaThe Statue of Hans Egede is a monument in Nuuk, Greenland. It commemorates the Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Egede who founded Nuuk in 1728. Funded by Greenlanders, the statue lies on a hill near the shore above Nuuk Cathedral in the historical Old Nuuk area of the city.
- Hans Egede To Greenland - 1701-1800 Church History - ChristianityHans Egede found both winter and summer beautiful despite the low average temperatures and pale sun that never rises high in the sky. In 1722 he founded a colony and named it Godthåb. Known as Nuuk today, it is capital of the nation.
- 300 years: Hans Egede’s Mission and Legacy in GreenlandPublished in 1747, Hans Egede’s Catechism for Greenland became the cornerstone of Christianity in Greenland. Throughout the years, Hans Egede, his sons, and other missionaries successfully spread the Bible’s word.
- Hans Egede, The Apostle to Greenland - Men Of The WestHans Poulsen Egede, the apostle of Greenland, was a Norwegian of Danish descent. He was born in the Northlands, in the parish of Trondenäs, on January 31, 1686. His grandfather and his father before him had been clergymen in Denmark, the former in the town of West Egede, whence the name.
- Hans Egede | Danish-Norwegian missionary | BritannicaA Norwegian clergyman, Hans Egede, having managed to persuade the authorities that such people should be converted to the Lutheran faith, arrived in the Godthåb Fjord (in the southwest) to begin a new European settlement in Greenland but found only Eskimo.
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