Nicolai Zimmer
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| Royal Inspector of North Greenland | |
| In office 1845–1846 | |
| Preceded by | Hans Peter Christian Møller |
| Succeeded by | Christian Søren Marcus Olrik |
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| Born | 25 January 1810 Veggerby, Denmark |
| Died | 31 May 1894 (1894-06-01) (aged 84) Frederiksberg, Denmark |
| Occupation | Merchant, administrator |
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Nicolai Zimmer (1810-1894) was the Danish Inspector of North Greenland from 1845 to 1846. He studied law in Aalborg from 1829, and moved to Greenland in 1842, before being appointed inspector.[1]
His mother Elisabeth was the granddaughter of Frederick Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, through his illegitimate daughter Frederikke. Zimmer's wife Karen was half Greenlandic Inuit.
