Born 1949 in Sisimiut, Greenland.

Cand. mag. in history and Greenlandic from University of Aarhus, Denmark. 

1997-2001 Head of the section for Greenlandic research at the Danish National Museum

2002 Staffmember at theSILA - the Greenlandich Research Centre at the National Museum.

2003-2005 and 2007-2009 Project researcher on research projects about eastgreenlandic immigration