page_title: Jørgen Brønlund
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Jørgen Brønlund / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Medallion 100th Birthday by G (Eugene L. Daub), Sculptor, Pennsylvania.
context_page_description: Jørgen Brønlund, was a Greenlandic polar explorer, educator, and catechist. He participated in two Danish expeditions to Greenland in the early 20th century.
context_section_description: The 172 page diary is archived at the Royal Danish Library. A memorial stone erected in Copenhagen's harbor quotes the diary's last lines.
  Jørgen Brønlund Fjord in Peary Land is named in his honor. The one hundred year anniversary of his birth was commemorated by the issue of a Greenlandic postal stamp.
  
  Also by a medallion of G (Eugene L. Daub), Sculptor, Pennsylvania:
caption: Jørgen Brønlund Medal 100th Birthday
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