Pipaluk Freuchen

Pipaluk Freuchen
Portrait by Ingrid Vang Nyman Arktisk Institut
Portrait by Ingrid Vang Nyman
Arktisk Institut
BornPipaluk Jette Tukuminguaq Kasaluk Palika Freuchen
15 March 1918
Uummannaq, Greenland
Died8 April 1999(1999-04-08) (aged 81)
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
OccupationWriter
Notable worksIvik, den faderløse

Pipaluk Freuchen (15 March 1918 – 8 April 1999) was a Danish-Greenlandic-Swedish writer, best known for her children's book Ivik, den faderløse, which is also known by its English title Eskimo Boy. She was also the daughter of the explorer Peter Freuchen.