How does Statue of Hans Egede elucidate its Background?
Egede arrived in Nuuk under Danish patronage to convert Norse settlers to Christianity.: 56  The Norse settlers, however, had moved and Egede instead encountered the Indigenous population.: 122  Egede's arrival and subsequent stay was not welcomed by these communities.: 71  After roughly ten years of work, Egede returned to Denmark. This was due in part to the deaths of his men and his wife along with the strain of running the colony.: 170
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