TheRoyal Danish Geographical Society (RDGS,Danish:Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab) is ascientific society.[1][2] The society aims to furthethe knowledge of theEarth and its inhabitants and to disseminate interest in the science ofgeography.[1][3]
It was founded 18 November 1876[1] on the initiative of Professor E. D. Erslev.[2] The society is based inCopenhagen,Denmark.
The society publishes anacademic journal, the Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography.[4]
The society awards several prizes and medals to those people who contribute to geographical science and research in areas of natural and cultural geography.[3]
The society awards theHans Egede Medal in silver 'preferably for geographical studies and research in the Arctic countries'. It was established in 1916 and named afterHans Egede, who was a Danish missionary in Greenland.
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