L. Mylius Erichsen
1872–1907
Biography
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, known to most readers simply as Mylius-Erichsen, was a Danish author, ethnologist and polar explorer. He was born in Viborg in Jutland on 15 January 1872. The name this page uses, L. Mylius Erichsen, is the form given for the book held here.
He wrote stories and sketches of Danish life, and he also turned to exploration. He took part in the Literary Expedition to Greenland from 1902 to 1904, and from 1906 he led the Danmark Expedition, which explored and mapped large parts of the northeast coast of Greenland and corrected earlier errors on the maps. Mylius-Erichsen Land, a region of northeast Greenland, is named after him.
He died in Greenland in November 1907, during the expedition, together with two companions, Jørgen Brønlund and Niels Peter Høeg Hagen. The book on this site is Strandingshistorier: Skildringer fra jydske Vestkyst og Skagen, a collection of sketches from the Jutland west coast and Skagen, whose title refers to stories of shipwreck and stranding. It shows him as a writer of the Danish coast before his Arctic work. He also wrote about the Jutland heath in Den Jydske Hede, Før og Nu, published in 1903.
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Books
Strandingshistorier: Skildringer fra jydske Vestkyst og Skagen
by L. Mylius Erichsen
Ten stories and sketches of the fishermen and lifeboat crews of Jutland's west coast and Skagen, where the North Sea wrecks ships every winter. Watches on the beach, rescues in the surf, survivors brought back to life and Christmas guests washed in from the sea, told by a writer…
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