Karoline Rosing | |
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Born | c. 1842 |
Died | 1901 (aged 58–59) |
Nationality | Greenlandic |
Occupation(s) | Midwife and translator |
Karoline Rosing (c. 1842-1901) was a 19th-century Greenlandic midwife and early translator into the Greenlandic language.
The daughter of a sealer, Rosing learned Danish and travelled to Copenhagen to study to become a midwife. After passing her examinations in 1867, she became the first Greenlandic midwife to complete their education at the Danish Royal Laying-In Hospital.[1] Beginning in 1882, she and her family were stationed in Kangaamiut by the Royal Greenland Trading Department, where Rosing was the only trained medical professional.[2] Rosing was the first Greenlandic woman to publish an independent work of translation, in 1886.[3] She worked as a translator for the Greenlandic newspaper Atuagagdliutit and also translated stories into Greenlandic.[4]
Rosing was married to a Dane, Peter Frederik Rosing, and had nine children.[2]