SPRI Polar Directory
- See also entries under Greenland
There are 38 entries in the directory for Denmark:
Aarhus Universitet Center for Nordatlantiske Studier (CNS) [Centre for North Atlantic Studies]
Type: | Organisation |
[Centre for North Atlantic Studies] | |
Website: | www.au.dk/dk/hum/cnatlant/ |
Address: | Finlandsgade 26, DK-8200 Aarhus N |
Telephone: | +45-86-165244, ext. 21, 22 or 23 |
Fax: | +45-86-108228 |
Year of foundation: | 1986 |
Activities: | Established within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities as an interdisciplinary research and teaching centre for the study of the North Atlantic region, stretching from Baffin Bay and northern Scandinavia south to the British Isles. |
Publications: | CNS Newsletter (1988-); North Atlantic Monographs (1990-); North Atlantic Studies (1989-) |
Aarhus Universitet, Center for Arktisk Miljoemedicin (CAM) [Centre of Arctic Environmental Medical Research Institute of Environmental and Occupational Medicine]
Type: | Organisation |
[Centre of Arctic Environmental Medical Research Institute of Environmental and Occupational Medicine] | |
Address: | Universitetsparken, Building 180, DK-8000 Aarhus C |
Telephone: | +45-86-125177 |
Fax: | +45-86-125175 |
Arctic Station Library. Faculty of Science. University of Copenhagen
Type: | Library |
Website: | http://arktiskstation.ku.dk |
Address: | Faculty of Science, Arctic Station, Oester Voldgade 3, 1350 Copenhagen K., Denmark |
Telephone: | +45 35 32 42 56 |
Fax: | +45 35 32 42 20 |
Notes: | Founded in 1906 by Morten P. Porsild. Now an institute under the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. The library of the Arctic Station is situated near Qeqertarsuaq at 69°15'N, 53°34'W. DESCRIPTION OF POLAR COLLECTION: Mainly Greenland and Arctic and mainly botany, zoology, geomorphology, geology and geography. Additional Internet resources: website of the University of Copenhagen: http://www.ku.dk/english/ |
Arktisk Institut [Arctic Institute]
Type: | Organisation |
[Arctic Institute] | |
Website: | http://arktiskinstitut.dk |
Contact name: | Bent Nielsen (Director) |
Address: | Strandgade 102, DK-1401 KBH K, Denmark |
E-mail: | arktisk@arktisk.dk |
Telephone: | +45-3231-5050 |
Fax: | Mon-Fri: 09.00-16.00 |
Year of foundation: | 1954 |
Activities: | Independent private institution founded by a group of Arctic explorers to promote study and disseminate information concerning the Arctic, especially Greenland. Expedition archives are deposited here, and the Danish Arctic Institute is co-running the Danish Polar Library with the Dept. of Eskimology and Arctic Studies at the University of Copenhagen. |
Collections: | Documents from Arctic expeditions and Danish personnel in Greenland Art & artefacts Photos - approx. 180.000 dating back to 1850 Arts, artefacts and photos can be viewed online at http://www.arktiskebilleder.dk |
Publications: | Acta Arctica (1943-78); Danish Arctic Research (1960-?); Publikationer (198?-?) |
Center for North Atlantic Studies. University of Århus. Library of the North Atlantic
Type: | Library |
Address: | Moesgaard, DK-8270 Højbjerg, Denmark |
Telephone: | +45 89429122 |
Notes: | Internet searching for Arctic and North Atlantic information. Subjects: Ethnography, history and social sciences Geographical Regions: Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Saami region, Iceland, Faroe Islands, North Sibirian. Languages: English, Danish, Greenlandish, Faroese Additional Internet resources: http://www.statsbiblioteket.dk/english/ and Web Pages |
Danish Institute for Clinical Epidemiology (DICE)
Type: | Organisation |
Website: | www.si-folkesundhed.dk |
Address: | Section for Research in Greenland, 25 Svanemoellevej, DK-2100 Copenhagen |
E-mail: | arctepi@inet.uni-c.dk |
Telephone: | +45-39-271222 |
Fax: | +45-39-273095 |
Activities: | Carries out research activities focusing on Greenland involving health interview surveys, mortality studies, environmental health, medical sociology, epidemiology, mental health, cardiovascular diseases, and injuries. |
Danmarks & Groenlands Geologiske Undersoegelse (GEUS) [Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland]
Type: | Organisation |
[Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland] | |
Website: | www.geus.dk |
Address: | Ostervolgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K |
E-mail: | postmaster@ggu.min.dk |
Telephone: | +45-33-118866 |
Fax: | +45-33-935352 |
Year of foundation: | 1995 [formed by the amalgamation of the Geogical Survey of Denmark (founded 1888) and the Geological Survey of Greenland (founded 1946)] |
Activities: | The fundamental mission of DGGU's Greenland Geoscience Unit is to establish the broad geological basis for the exploration and development of Greenland's mineral resources embracing minerals, petroleum, gas, coal and hydropower. Carries out geological, geophysical, geochemical and glaciological studies under the authority of the Ministry of Environment and Energy. The GREENMIN (Greenland Mineralisation Data Bank) holds data on all known economic mineral localities. DGGU also holds comprehensive data archives for seismic studies, well logs and a core archive. The Greenland Bibliography Database contains over 8000 references to the geosciences in Greenland. Library. |
Publications: | Bulletin (1948-); Geologi i Groenland (1986-); GHEXIS [Greenland Hydrocarbon Exploration Information Service newsletter] (1990-, 2pa); Gletscher-hydrologiske Meddelelser (1981-87); MINEX [Greenland Mineral Exploration newsletter] (1992-, 2pa); Miscellaneous Papers (1951-89); Open File Series (1989-); Rapport (1964-) includes annual Report of Activities; Thematic Maps (1990-); and geological, geophysical (aeromagnetic) and Quaternary map series. |
Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut (DMI) [Danish Meteorological Institute]
Type: | Organisation |
[Danish Meteorological Institute] | |
Website: | www.dmi.dk |
Address: | Lyngbyvej 100, DK-2100 Copenhagen |
E-mail: | dmi@dmi.min.dk |
Telephone: | +45-39-157500 |
Fax: | +45-39-271080 |
Year of foundation: | 1872 |
Activities: | The national centre for meteorological information and data. Since 1986 has maintained a relational database updated every three hours with data from more than 40 stations in Greenland. Ice charts for Greenland waters are issued regularly for navigational safety. Research is carried out within the fields of meteorology, climatology, oceanography, physics of the middle atmosphere, geomagnetism, and solar-terrestrial physics. |
Publications: | Annuaire Meteorologique. Part 2. Greenland (?-); Ice Conditions in Greenland Waters (1889-) |
Danmarks Statistik [Statistics Denmark]
Type: | Organisation |
[Statistics Denmark] | |
Website: | www.dst.dk |
Address: | Sejroegade 11, DK-2100 Copenhagen |
Telephone: | +45-39-173917 |
Fax: | +45-31-184801 |
Year of foundation: | 1849 |
Publications: | Statistisk Arbog: Statistical Yearbook (1887-, annual); Statistiske Efterretninge. Faroerne og Groenland (1983-?); Statistisk Manedsoverigt (?-, 12pa); and other statistical series and reports. Guide: Vejviser i Danmarks Statistiks Publikationer (1978-) |
Dansk Lithosfaerecenter (DLC) [Danish Lithosphere Centre]
Type: | Organisation |
[Danish Lithosphere Centre] | |
Website: | www.gfz-potsdam.de/pb4/ilp/larsen.htm |
Address: | Ostervolgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen |
E-mail: | kb@ggu.min.dk |
Telephone: | +45-33-118866 |
Fax: | +45-33-110878 |
Year of foundation: | 1994 |
Activities: | Centre of research excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation and established as an independent research unit hosted by DGGU and the Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen. Current activities focus on plate tectonic processes onshore and offshore East Greenland and in West Greenland. |
Det Kongelige Bibliotek [Royal Library]
Type: | Library |
[Royal Library] | |
Website: | www.kb.dk |
Address: | PO Box 2149, DK-1016 Copenhagen K, Denmark |
Telephone: | (+45) 33 47 47 47 |
Fax: | (+45) 33 93 22 18 |
Year of foundation: | ca. 1648 |
Notes: | Collections: National Library of Denmark and University Library for Copenhagen University. The national collection contains all works (books, periodicals, newspapers, maps and pictures) printed in Greenland and works printed in Denmark for and about Greenland. The library also has extensive collections (Danish and foreign) in the fields of humanities, social sciences, law and theology, including literature on the Arctic regions. Additional web address: http://www.kb.dk/index-en.htm |
Geologisk Bibliotek [Geological Survey of Greenland Library]
Type: | Library |
[Geological Survey of Greenland Library] | |
Website: | http://geo.ku.dk/biblio |
Address: | Østervoldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark |
Telephone: | 3532 2408 or 3814 2571 |
Notes: | Library for employees and students at the Geological Museum, GEUS, and the Geological Institute. Public admittance to the library. Material may be borrowed if unavailable in other libraries |
Geologisk Museum
Type: | Museum |
Address: | Kobenhavns Universitet, Oster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen K |
Telephone: | +45-35-322345 |
Fax: | +45-35-322325 |
Year of foundation: | 1772 |
Collections: | Large collections of minerals, fossils and rock specimens from Greenland. Exhibit on Greenland's geology. |
Glace
Type: | Organisation |
Address: | Gl. Moent 12, PO Box 192, DK-1006, Copenhagen. |
Telephone: | +45-33-112241 |
Fax: | +45-33-932251 |
Activities: | Charter airline operating out of Copenhagen and Nuuk/Godthaab. |
Greenland Home Government, Denmark Office
Type: | Organisation |
Address: | Pilestraede 52, PO Box 2151, DK-1016 Copenhagen. |
Telephone: | +45-33-134224 |
Fax: | +45-33-322024 |
Groenlands Botaniske Undersoegelse (GBU) [Botanical Survey of Greenland]
Type: | Organisation |
[Botanical Survey of Greenland] | |
Address: | Botanisk Museum, Gothersgade 130, DK-1123 Copenhagen |
Telephone: | +45-35-322200 |
Fax: | +45-35-322210 |
Year of foundation: | 1962 |
Activities: | Maps the distribution of plants in Greenland, including higher plants, mosses, lichens, mushrooms, etc. Carries out analyses of Greenland plant communities and their distribution. Teaching students in Arctic botany and participation in field courses. |
Publications: | Groenlands Botaniske Undersoegelse (1969-, annual) |
Groenlandske Selskab [Greenland Society]
Type: | Organisation |
[Greenland Society] | |
Address: | Kraemer Hus, L.E. Bruunsvej 10, 2620 Charlottenlund |
Telephone: | +45-31-635733 |
Fax: | +45-31-635543 |
Year of foundation: | 1905 |
Activities: | Holds monthly meetings on topics related to Greenland. |
Publications: | Groenland (1953-, 10pa) [continues Aarsskrift (1912?-52)]; Skrifter (1914?-) |
Groenlandsmedicinsk Selskab [Danish/Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health]
Type: | Organisation |
[Danish/Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health] | |
Address: | Secretariat, Institute for Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aarhus, Universitetsparken, Bldg. 180, DK-8000 Aarhus C |
Telephone: | +45-86-128288 |
Fax: | +45-86-139919 |
Activities: | Organizes Nuna Med conferences, 1991-, every three years. |
Handels- og Soefartsmuseet [Danish Maritime Museum]
Type: | Museum |
[Danish Maritime Museum] | |
Address: | Kronborg Castle, DK-3000 Elsinore |
Telephone: | +45-49-210685 |
Fax: | +45-49-213440 |
Year of foundation: | 1914 |
Collections: | Various artefacts pertaining to Danish Arctic shipping activities, particularly in Greenland waters, and some related ethnographic material including an umiak and a kayak. The sizeable maritime library includes a special collection of logbooks |
Publications: | Maritema (1987-); Sohistoriske Skrifter (1947-) |
Knud Rasmussens Hus [The House of Knud Rasmussen]
Type: | Museum |
[The House of Knud Rasmussen] | |
Website: | www.knudrasmus.dk |
Contact name: | Curator: Søren la Cour Jensen |
Address: | Museum address: Knud Rasmussensvej 9, DK-3390 Hundested. Denmark. Office address: Torvet 1, DK-3300 Frederiksværk. Denmark. |
E-mail: | info@indmus.dk |
Telephone: | +45-4772-0605 |
Open to the public? / Opening hours: | The 2015 season in The House of Knud Rasmussen begins on March 28th and ends on October 18th. |
Year of foundation: | 1939 |
Collections: | Commemorative museum to noted Danish explorer, including memorabilia, Greenlandic costumes, hunting gear and substantial archives. |
Kobenhavns Universitet, Geophysical Institute
Type: | Organisation |
Address: | Department of Glaciology, Haraldsgade G, DK-2200 Copenhagen |
Fax: | +45-82-25-65 |
Kobenhavns Universitet, Institut for Eskimologi [Department of Eskimology]
Type: | Organisation |
[Department of Eskimology] | |
Website: | www.hum.ku.dk/eskimo |
Address: | Strandgade 100 H, DK-1401 Copenhagen K |
Telephone: | +45-35-328242 |
Fax: | +45-32-880161 |
Year of foundation: | 1967 |
Activities: | Research and teaching centre for the language and culture of all Inuit/Eskimos, with special emphasis on those living in Greenland. Since 1993 housed in the same building as the Dansk Polarcenter and Arktisk Institut, with whose collections its library has now been integrated. Offers programmes leading to B.A., Cand. Mag., and Ph.D. degrees. |
Publications: | Skriftraekke (1975-) |
Kobenhavns Universitet, Institute of Geography
Type: | Organisation |
Address: | Oster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K |
Telephone: | +45-35-322500 |
Fax: | +45-35-322501 |
Activities: | Since 1972 has operated Sermilik field station (66 ø 00'N; 38 ø 00'W), Ammassalik, East Greenland, where glaciological and geomorphological studies have been conducted. The Arctic Research Group was set up in 1992 to take responsibility for the Institute's research programme in East and West Greenland (based at the Arctic Station) |
Kort- og Matrikelstyrelsen [National Survey and Cadastre, Denmark]
Type: | Organisation |
[National Survey and Cadastre, Denmark] | |
Website: | www.kms.dk |
Address: | Rentemestervej 8, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV |
E-mail: | kms@kms.dk |
Telephone: | +45-35-875050 |
Fax: | +45-35-875051 |
Activities: | Distribution centre for maps published by government agencies. |
Publications: | Den groenlandske havnelods (1990) |
Marinens Bibliotek
Type: | Library |
Website: | www.mab.dk |
Address: | Henrik Gerners Plads. Bg.37, DK-1439 Copenhagen K, Denmark |
Telephone: | +45 32 54 73 82 |
Notes: | The Naval Library belongs under the Ministry of Defence, and became, as of 1 January 2001, part of the Royal Danish Defence College, together with the Royal Danish Military Library, the Royal Danish Air Force Library and a number of educational and research institutions in defence. The Royal Danish Defence College has been recently reorganised and given wider powers. |
Mineral Resources Administration for Greenland (MRA)
Type: | Organisation |
Address: | Ministry of Environment and Energy, Slotsholmsgade 1, 4th Floor, DK-1216 Copenhagen K |
Telephone: | +45-33-927500 |
Fax: | +45-33-133017 |
Year of foundation: | 1979 |
Activities: | Responsible for the central administrative, co-ordinating and regulatory tasks regarding Greenland's mineral resources. See also Minerals Office, Greenland Government. |
Publications: | GHEXIS [Greenland Hydrocarbon Exploration Information Service newsletter] (1990-, 2pa); Greenland: a handbook for investors in the mining and petroleum industries (1991); Mineral and hydrocarbon licences in Greenland (annual); MINEX [Greenland Mineral Exploration newsletter] (1992-, 2pa); Principles and procedures for the granting of prospecting licences and exploration licenses for minerals in Greenland (1992) |
National Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
Type: | Organisation |
Website: | www.dmu.dk |
Address: | Department of Arctic Environment, Tagensvej 135, 4.th., DK-2200 Copenhagen. Tel +45-35-82-14-15 |
Fax: | +45-35-82-14-20 |
Activities: | Incorporated Greenland Environment Research Institute in 1995. The Department's activities focus on the environmental impact of exploration and exploitation of mineral resources in Greenland. It aims to provide a scientific basis for environmental regulation by the Mineral Resources Administration for Greenland. |
Nationalmuseet [National Museum of Denmark]
Type: | Museum |
[National Museum of Denmark] | |
Website: | www.natmus.dk |
Address: | Ny Vestergade 10, DK-1471 Copenhagen |
Telephone: | +45-33-134411 |
Fax: | +45-33-144421 |
Year of foundation: | 1807 |
Collections: | Possesses possibly the world's largest collection of Eskimo artefacts, with sizeable collections also for the Saami and Siberian peoples, and for the Norse settlement in Greenland during the Middle Ages. Ethnographic and archaeological research has been carried out in Greenland since 1929. Frequent exhibitions. Library |
Publications: | Arbedjdsmark (annual); exhibition catalogues |
Orlogsmuseet [Royal Danish Naval Museum]
Type: | Museum |
[Royal Danish Naval Museum] | |
Website: | www.orlogsmuseet.dk |
Address: | Overgaden oven Vandet 58, DK-1415 Copenhagen K |
Telephone: | +45-31-546363 |
Fax: | +45-31-54-29-80 |
Year of foundation: | 1957 |
Collections: | Collection contains historical construction ship models from the 17th century onwards as well as paintings, drawings, written material and official documents with much of potential interest from a polar viewpoint |
Publications: | Marinehistorisk Tidsskrift (1967-, 6pa); Maritim Kontakt (1980-) |
Polarbiblioteket [Polar Library]
Type: | Library |
[Polar Library] | |
Website: | http://tors.ku.dk/biblioteker2/eskimologi/ |
Address: | Strandgade 102, DK-1401 Copenhagen K, Denmark |
E-mail: | polarlibrary@hum.ku.dk |
Telephone: | +45-35 32 96 69 |
Open to the public? / Opening hours: | Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 13.00-15.00 |
Year of foundation: | 2010 |
Notes: | The Polar Library holds collections from the Department of Eskimology and Arctic Studies of the University of Copenhagen and from the Arctic Institute. The library is managed by the University of Copenhagen, and also includes the materials from the former Danish Polar Center. The library covers, in all languages, the major subject fields of the Arctic and to some extent the Antarctic. Particularly comprehensive is the material on Greenland, including one of the first descriptions of Greenland from the 17th century as well as the latest reports on politics, social conditions, education, mineral and oil resources, archaeological discoveries, etc. Library catalogue: http://rex.kb.dk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&fromLogin=true&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1377756682730&vid=KGL&mode=Basic&vid=KGL&backFromPreferences=true |
Rigsarkivet [National Archives]
Type: | Library |
[National Archives] | |
Website: | www.sa.dk/content/dk/om_statens_arkiver/organisation/rigsarkivet |
Address: | Rigsdagsgarden 9, DK-1218 Copenhagen K, Denmark |
E-mail: | mailbox@ra.sa.dk |
Telephone: | +45-33-92-33-10 |
Fax: | +45-33-15-32-39 |
Year of foundation: | 1582 |
Publications: | Dansk arkivbibliografi 1889-1981 (Ilsoe, 1984) |
Ringkjobing Museum
Type: | Museum |
Address: | Osterport 1, DK-6950 Ringkjobing |
Telephone: | +45-97-321615 |
Year of foundation: | 1908 |
Collections: | Includes one room devoted to the memory of the Danmark Expedition to N.E. Greenland (1906-08) and its leader L. Mylius Erichsen, who grew up in Ringkjobing: hunting weapons and clothing, photographs, diaries and papers. |
Roskilde University Nordatlantiske Regionalstudier [Centre for North Atlantic Regional Studies]
Type: | Organisation |
[Centre for North Atlantic Regional Studies] | |
Website: | www.teksam.ruc.dk |
Address: | PO Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde |
Telephone: | +45-46-757711 |
Fax: | +45-46-754240 |
Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography
Type: | Organisation |
Website: | www.ices.dk/committe/occ/mdm/dc1998/rdanhrep.htm |
Selskabet for Arktisk Teknologi (SAT) [Danish Society for Arctic Technology]
Type: | Organisation |
[Danish Society for Arctic Technology] | |
Address: | c/o NNR, Sortemosevej 2, DK-3450 Allerod |
Telephone: | +45-4814-0066 |
Fax: | +45-4814-0033 |
Year of foundation: | 1985 |
Activities: | Non-governmental organization providing information to its members about technical matters in cold regions. Holds meetings and cooperates with related international organizations. National member for the International Permafrost Association (IPA). |
Statsministeriet
Type: | Organisation |
Website: | www.statsministeriet.dk |
Address: | Groenlandsdepartmentet [Prime Minister's Office, Greenland Department], Prins Joergens Goerd 11, DK-1218 Copenhagen K |
Telephone: | +45-33-92-33-00 |
Fax: | +45-33-93-68-15 |
Publications: | Beretning om der Oekonomiske Udvikling i Groenland (1988-); Greenland in Figures (1980- , annual); roenland / Kalaallit Nunaat (1968- , annual); Groenland. Asberetning (1979- ); Groenlands Befolkning / Kalatdlit Nunane Inuit (1976- , annual) |
The National Museum of Denmark. Department of Ethnography Library
Type: | Library |
Website: | www.natmus.dk |
Address: | The National Museum of Denmark, Ethnographic Collection The Library, Frederiksholms Kanal 12, DK - 1220 København K |
E-mail: | bodil.valentiner@natmus.dk |
Telephone: | +45 3347 3230 |
Fax: | +45 3347 3320 |
Notes: | Collections on anthropology, literature and circumpolar literature. |
Zoologisk Museum
Type: | Museum |
Address: | Kobenhavns Universitet, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen 0, DK-2100 |
Year of foundation: | 1770 |
Collections: | Collections for the Arctic and Greenland |
Publications: | Steenstrupia (1970-) |