Hans Egede Medal
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{{short description|Geography award}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://tidsskrift.dk/index.php/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/4567/8563 |title=EGEDE MEDAILLEN |publisher=Royal Danish Geographical Society |accessdate=30 November 2016 |archive-date=10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210042432/https://tidsskrift.dk/index.php/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/4567/8563 |url-status=dead }}
Recipients
Source: [https://tidsskrift.dk/index.php/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/4567/8563 Royal Danish Geographical Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210042432/https://tidsskrift.dk/index.php/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/4567/8563 |date=10 February 2017 }}
- 1921: Peter Freuchen, {{ill|Godfred Hansen|da||de||no}}, and Morten Pedersen Porsild{{cite book |last=Andreassen |first=J. |title=Altid frimodig: Biografi om polarforskeren, forfatteren og eventyreren Peter Freuchen |publisher=Gyldendal |year=2015 |isbn=978-87-02-18590-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6V32CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT172 |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=172}}{{cite book |author=Botaniske forening i København |title=Botanisk Tidsskrift |publisher=H. Hagerups Forlag |series=Botanisk tidsskrift |issue=vb. 53 |year=1955 |issn=0006-8187 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uBsoAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=119}}
- 1924: Knud Rasmussen{{cite book |last=Müller |first=P. |last2=Pedersen |first2=J.V. |title=Foregangsmaend |publisher=Gyldendal |series=Foregangsmaend |issue=vb. 1 |year=1968 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEIQAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=179}}
- 1925: Roald Amundsen{{cite book |title=Grønland |publisher=Det Grønlandske Selskab |year=1957 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cp0mAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=8}}
- 1927: Lauge Koch{{cite book |title=Grønland |publisher=Det Grønlandske Selskab |year=1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zc9QAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=239}}
- 1932: Henry George Watkins{{cite book |author=Kongelige Danske geografiske selskab |last2=Erslev |first2=E. |last3=Irminger |first3=O.F.H. |last4=Olufsen |first4=O. |last5=Castonier |first5=E. |last6=Nielsen |first6=N. |title=Geografisk tidsskrift |publisher=Forlagt af Selskabet |issue=vb. 34–36 |year=1931 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxBJAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=1}} and Therkel Mathiassen{{cite book |last=Elberling |first=V. |author2=Hjelmstjerne-Rosencroneske stiftelse |title=Avis-aarbogen ...: Aarets begivenheder hjemme og ude i faa orde |publisher=C. A. Reitzel |issue=vb. 9 |year=1932 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5alHAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=91}}
- 1933: Ejnar Mikkelsen and Kaj Birket-Smith{{cite book |last=Elberling |first=V. |author2=Hjelmstjerne-Rosencroneske stiftelse |title=Avis-aarbogen ...: Aarets begivenheder hjemme og ude i faa orde |publisher=C. A. Reitzel |issue=vb. 10 |year=1933 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qlHAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=161 ff.}}
- 1937: Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann{{cite book |last=Dahl |first=S. |last2=Danske selskab (Copenhagen |first2=Denmark) |title=Danmarks kultur ved aar 1940: bd. Den videnskabelige kultur |publisher=Danske forlag |series=Danmarks kultur ved aar 1940 |year=1943 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2LANAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=81}}
- 1947: Pálmi Hannesson{{cite book |title=Grønland |publisher=Det Grønlandske Selskab |year=1957 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cp0mAQAAIAAJ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=9}}
- 1951: Eigil Knuth{{cite book |last=Aldrich |first=R. |last2=Wotherspoon |first2=G. |title=Who'S Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-00-010075-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8A0HEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA233 |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=233}}
- 1955: Helge Larsen{{cite book |author=Kongelige Danske geografiske selskab |title=Geografisk tidsskrift |publisher=H. Hagerup |issue=vb. 83–86 |year=1983 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vPBKAAAAYAAJ |language=no |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=iii}}
- 1959: Vivian Fuchs{{cite book |author=Kongelige Danske geografiske selskab |title=Geografisk tidsskrift |publisher=H. Hagerup |issue=vb. 58–60 |year=1959 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zMsAAAAMAAJ |language=no |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=vi}}
- 1960: Paul Siple{{cite book |author=Kongelige Danske geografiske selskab |title=Geografisk tidsskrift |publisher=Kongelige danske geografiske selskabet |issue=vb. 59–60 |year=1960 |issn=0016-7223 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEfB1FiMc1AC |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=x}}
- 1971: Willi Dansgaard{{cite web |title=Byen under isen |publisher=Københavns Universitet |date=3 May 2022 |url=https://nbi.ku.dk/hhh/willi/dansgaard/byen-under-isen/ |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226121857/https://www.nbi.ku.dk/hhh/willi/dansgaard/byen-under-isen/ |url-status=live }} and Børge Fristrup{{cite web |title=Børge Fristrup |website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |date=17 August 2014 |url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/B%C3%B8rge_Fristrup |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121204023/https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/B%C3%B8rge_Fristrup |url-status=live }}
- 1976: Knud Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen{{cite web |title=Knud Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen |website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |date=13 July 2012 |url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Knud_Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119204709/https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Knud_Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen |url-status=live }} and {{ill|Jørgen Meldgaard|da||de||fr}}{{cite web |title=Jørgen Meldgaard |website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |date=13 July 2012 |url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/J%C3%B8rgen_Meldgaard |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019212037/https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/J%C3%B8rgen_Meldgaard |url-status=live }}
- 1980: Bent Fredskild{{cite book |author=Kongelige Danske geografiske selskab |title=Geografisk tidsskrift |publisher=H. Hagerup |issue=vb. 80–84 |year=1980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBkNAQAAMAAJ |language=no |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=134}}
- 1982: Gunnar Østrem{{cite web |last=Magnusson |first=Magnus |title=Gunnar Østrem, 1922–2020 – IGS |website=IGS |date=12 January 2020 |url=https://www.igsoc.org/gunnar-ostrem-1922-2020 |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329004623/https://www.igsoc.org/gunnar-ostrem-1922-2020 |url-status=live }}
- 1984: Trevor Lloyd{{cite book |author=Kongelige Danske geografiske selskab |title=Geografisk tidsskrift |publisher=H. Hagerup |issue=vb. 83–86 |year=1983 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vPBKAAAAYAAJ |language=no |access-date=26 June 2023 |page=ii}}
- 1986: Preben Gudmandsen{{cite web |title=Preben E. Gudmandsen, DTU veteran scientist, dies at 94 |website=www.space.dtu.dk |date=2 May 2019 |url=https://www.space.dtu.dk/english/news/2019/05/orbituary_gudmandsen |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=30 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930173948/https://www.space.dtu.dk/english/news/2019/05/orbituary_gudmandsen |url-status=dead }}
- 1992: {{ill|Niels Steen Gundestrup|da}}{{cite web |title=Visning af: DET KONGELIGE DANSKE GEOGRAFISKE SELSKAB |website=Geografisk Tidsskrift |date=1 January 1992 |url=https://tidsskrift.dk/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/44863/54189 |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618022024/https://tidsskrift.dk/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/44863/54189 |url-status=live }}
- 1996: Bent Hasholt and {{ill|Johannes Krüger|da}}{{cite web |title=Visning af: Hans Egede Medaillen |website=Geografisk Tidsskrift |date=1 January 1998 |url=https://tidsskrift.dk/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/42151/48765 |language=da |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618013852/https://tidsskrift.dk/geografisktidsskrift/article/view/42151/48765 |url-status=live }}
- 2017: {{ill|Bo Elberling|da}}{{cite web |url=https://dg.dk/en/2017/12/21/head-of-center-bo-elberling-receives-the-hans-egede-medal/ |title=Head of Center Bo Elberling receives the Hans Egede Medal |publisher=Danish National Research Foundation |accessdate=20 July 2018 |archive-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720195142/https://dg.dk/en/2017/12/21/head-of-center-bo-elberling-receives-the-hans-egede-medal/ |url-status=live }} for his contributions to research on the Arctic
- 2022: Dorthe Dahl-Jensen{{cite web |url=https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/pice/news/news-2022/dorthe-dahl-jensen-awarded-hans-egede-medal_kopi/ |title=Dorthe Dahl-Jensen awarded Hans Egede Medal |publisher=Niels Bohr Institute}} for her research into Earth’s climate history.