Statue of Hans Egede
The 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.
Svickova, Public domain.- Memorial
- …is also known as “Hans Egede”
- Description: statue in Nuuk, Greenland
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Places in the Area
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Nuuk Centrum is a district of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
Statue of Hans Egede
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Latitude
64.17953° or 64° 10′ 46″ north
Longitude
-51.74537° or 51° 44′ 43″ west
Open location code
98PC57H3+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = memorial
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Statue of Hans Egede” goes by many names.
تمثال هنز أيدهArabic
Hans EgedeDanish
Hans Egedes StatueDanish
Standbeeld van Hans EgedeDutch
تمثال هانز ايجيدEgyptian Arabic
Hans Egeden patsasFinnish
Statua di Hans EgedeItalian
Hansa Egedes statujaLatvian
Hans Egedes statueNorwegian
Hans EgedeNorwegian Bokmål
Hans EgedeNorwegian Nynorsk
Pomnik Hansa EgedePolish
Хансу ЭгедеRussian
Hans Egedes statySwedish
Пам’ятник Гансу ЕґедеUkrainian
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