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.
Recipients Source: Royal Danish Geographical Society 1921: Peter Freuchen, , and Morten Pedersen Porsild 1924: Knud Rasmussen 1925: Roald Amundsen 1927: Lauge Koch 1932: Henry George Watkins and Therkel Mathiassen 1933: Ejnar Mikkelsen and Kaj Birket-Smith 1937: Hans Wilhelmsson Ahlmann 1947: Pálmi Hannesson 1951: Eigil Knuth 1955: Helge Larsen 1959: Vivian Fuchs 1960: Paul Siple 1971: Willi Dansgaard and Børge Fristrup 1976: Knud Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen and 1980: Bent Fredskild 1982: Gunnar Østrem 1984: Trevor Lloyd 1986: Preben Gudmandsen 1992: 1996: Bent Hasholt and 2017: for his contributions to research on the Arctic 2022: Dorthe Dahl-Jensen for her research into Earth’s climate history.
See also List of geography awards Prizes named after people
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