Ib Knud Poulsen

Ib (Knud) Poulsen (April 29, 1909 - September 21, 1994 ) was the Danish-originating Captain of the Sirius Patrol, making him the first commander of a Greenlandic military force, as well as a Legion of Merit recipient, the only person in history to directly command the Patrol, operator and bookseller.

Early life

Ib Poulsen was born of April 29, 1909, Sometime following his apprenticeship as a bookseller, he aided his father in this endeavor by joining his business with the role of a radio operator under Count Eigil Knuth, its headquarters being at Eskimonæs. From August 1941 to March 1943 it officially acted as a police force. Poulsen was its leader, even initially. out of a contemporary Greenlandic population of about 22,000 the army only every recruited 15 during the whole course of its war service. ) set off to patrol the area to the north of Eskimonæs. and at most them and all the other Danish elements of the Patrol were in fact German collaborators or at least sympathizers, and was made leader of the Sled Patrol again following its reforming in 1950. From 1961 to 1979 he reportedly was involved in Greenlandic telecommunications. He died on September 21, 1994, under unknown circumstances. He was 85 years old.