Peter Freuchen

Peter Freuchen was an explorer, anthropologist, writer, journalist, actor and ethnologist (1886–1957). He was born at Nykøbing Falster and died at Anchorage.

Also recorded as Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen.

Peter Freuchen in brief

Born
1886
Died
1957
Known for
explorer, anthropologist, writer, journalist, actor and ethnologist
Place of birth
Nykøbing Falster
Contents

Identity and origins

Peter Freuchen was recorded at birth as Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen. The authorities additionally record the heading Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen. His recorded languages were English and Danish.

He married Dagmar Freuchen-Gale and Magda Vang Lauridsen. One child is recorded: Pipaluk Freuchen.

Career and activity

He was employed by Ude og Hjemme. He belonged to The Adventurers' Club of Denmark and Danish resistance movement. He worked at Copenhagen, Qaanaaq and New York City.

Recognition and collections

Peter Freuchen received Hans Egede Medal, King Christian X's Liberty Medal and Bangs literary award.

Catalogued works

34 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1927 to 1963.

Ivalu. It's all adventure. Larions lov. Candide a Comic Operetta Based on Voltai. Storfanger, dated 1927. Min grønlandske ungdom, dated 1963. Peter Freuchen's Famous Book of the Eskimos. Vagrant Viking My Life And Adventures. Peter Freuchen's Book of the Eskimo. Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas. Roemningsmand, dated 1928. The law of Larion,. Fra Thule til Rio, dated 1957. Book of Eskimos. Ice floes and flaming water;. The Arctic year, dated 1959. Book of the Eskimos, dated 1962. Arctic Adventure. Peter Freuchen's Men of the Frozen North. White Man. VAGRANT VIKING MY LIFE AND ADVENTURES - Scholar's Choice Edition. Book of the seven seas, dated 1958. Sibiriske Eventyr, dated 1939. I sailed with Rasmussen, dated 1958. Whaling Boy. Men of the frozen North. Vagrant Viking. Book of Arctic exploration. Solfjeld, dated 1962. Ice floes and flaming water, dated 1955. Law of Larion. Peter Fruchen's Book of the Seven Seas. Knud Rasmussen som jeg husker ham, dated 1935. arctic adventure my life in the frozen north.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Peter Boas Freuchen (1866–1959): His Life and Work, A Different Thermodynamics and Its True Heroes, 2019. The Arctic Year Peter Freuchen Finn Salomonsen, The Auk, 1958. The Arctic Year. By Peter Freuchen and Finn Salomonsen. Jonathan Cape. 440. 28<i>s</i>., Oryx, 1960. <i>Vagrant Viking. My Life and Adventures.</i>Peter Freuchen , Johan Hambro, The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1954. NORTH AMERICA: <i>Eskimo.</i> Peter Freuchen. Translated by A. Paul Maerker‐Branden and Elsa Branden, American Anthropologist, 1932. Inuit–Qimmiit Kinship: Co-Travel in Life and Afterlife, Religions, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Vagrant viking my life and adventures (1953) — Internet Archive. ARCTIC ADVENTURE (1935) — Internet Archive. Peter Freuchen's Story About Treasures of The Seven Seas (1959) — Internet Archive. The sea tyrant (1943) — Internet Archive. arctic adventure my life in the frozen north (1935) — Internet Archive. Peter Freuchen's Book of the Eskimo (1962) — Internet Archive. I Sailed With Rasmussen (1958) — Internet Archive. ARCTIC ADVENTURE : MY LIFE IN THE FROZEN NORTH (1935) — Internet Archive. It's all adventure (1941) — Internet Archive. Peter Freuchens book of the seven seas (1957) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Peter Freuchen studied at University of Copenhagen. the recorded working language is English and Danish.

Residence is recorded at Copenhagen and Qaanaaq. Employment is recorded with Ude og Hjemme. Membership is recorded of The Adventurers' Club of Denmark and Danish resistance movement.

Distinctions recorded are Hans Egede Medal, King Christian X's Liberty Medal and Bangs literary award.

Chronology

  1. 1886Peter Freuchen born at Nykøbing Falster.
  2. 1927Storfanger.
  3. 1935ARCTIC ADVENTURE digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1935arctic adventure my life in the frozen north digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1943The sea tyrant digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1953Vagrant viking my life and adventures digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1957Peter Freuchen died at Anchorage.
  8. 1959Peter Freuchen's Story About Treasures of The Seven Seas digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1962Peter Freuchen's Book of the Eskimo digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 1963Min grønlandske ungdom.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Peter Freuchen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q945641: Peter Freuchen

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