Claus Paarss
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Claus Paarss
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Major Claus Enevold Paarss was a Danish military officer and official. Retired from service, he was appointed governor of Greenland by King Frederick IV between 1728 and 1730. Paarss was born in Thy in then Denmark–Norway in 1683 and commanded a Danish man-of-war and three or four other ships to Hans Egede's "Haabets Koloni" on Kangeq, which he removed to the mainland opposite and fortified under the name "Godt-Haab", later known as Godthåb and then Nuuk. His contingent of colonists consisted of
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Dano-Norwegian military officer; Governor of Greenland from 1728 to 1730
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Paarss
date created:
2012-04-29T05:03:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T11:10:09Z
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