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 ;  ;
• 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:
• 1959: Vivian Fuchs
• 1960: Paul A. Siple
• 1971: Willi Dansgaard ; Børge Fristrup
• 1976:  ;
• 1980:
• 1982:
• 1984:
• 1986:
• 1992:
• 1996:  ;
• 2017: Bo Elberling,^[2] for his contributions to research on the Arctic

See also[]

• List of geography awards
• Prizes named after people

References[]

• Article based in part on Hans Egede Medaillen article in Danish Wiki