Background
Freuchen, Peter was born on February 20, 1886 in Nykobing Falster, Denmark. Son of Lorenz Benzon and Frederikke (Rasmussen) Freuchen.
Freuchen, Peter was born on February 20, 1886 in Nykobing Falster, Denmark. Son of Lorenz Benzon and Frederikke (Rasmussen) Freuchen.
Student Cathedral School, Nykoping Falster, 1895-1904, U. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1904-1906.
; children—Mequsaq Avataq Igimaqssusuktoranguapaluk, Pipaluk Jette Tukuminguaq Kasaluk Palika Häger m. 2d, Dagmar Muller, June 23, 1945. Became sailor after leaving high school.
Member Arctic expedition, Danmark Expeditionen, 1906-1908.
In London, 1910, Thule, North Greenland, 1910-1920, engaged in exploration, trading. Second-in-command Fifth Thule Expedition, 1921-1925.
Bought Island Enehoje, Denmark, 1926. In Greenland, 1927, 30, Russia and Spitzbergen, 1928.
Staff motion picture, Eskimo, Hollywood, California, also Alaska, 1932-1934.
In Hudson Bay, Canada, 1934, South America, 1936, Siberia, 1938, Lapland, 1939. Lecturer United States, 1935-1937. Lived underground in Denmark, 1940-1943, captured by Germans, 1943, escaped to Sweden, 1944.
Brought to the United States by American military plane, 1944, since lectured United States.
Member of the Danish Arctic Institute Council.
Fellow American Geography Society. Member Danish Royal Geography Society (member of council), Danish. Club: Explorers of America (New York City).
Married Navarana (eskimo of Thule, North Greenland), 1911 (deceased. Children: Mequsaq Avataq Igimaqssusuktoranguapaluk, Pipaluk Jette Tukuminguaq Kasaluk Palika Häger m.