Ole Bendixen (1869–1958) was a

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explorer, merchant, and author who served as Royal Inspector of

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from 1903 to 1914. Bendixen was active in

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from the early 1890s, and rose through the ranks of the Royal Greenland Trading Company, which had administrated Greenland from the 18th century. He was appointed inspector (the highest post in the colony) of the south in 1903, and held the post for 11 years. Upon his retirement as inspector, he was awarded the

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. He led several expeditions in the

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in the 1910s, and was the author of several non-fiction books about Greenland.Eintrag
im ''Biografisk Leksikon for Grønland''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bendixen, Ole 1869 births 1958 deaths Danish explorers Scandinavian explorers of North America Greenlandic polar explorers Inspectors of Greenland 19th-century Danish people 20th-century Danish people History of the Arctic People from Favrskov Municipality

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