Augo Lynge

He married Qétura /Ketura (Qittuulaaraq) BSE Heilmann, born 4.12.1901 in Godthåb, daughter of the hunter A. Peter O. Heilmann and Martha Holm, on 12 July 1925 and had seven children by her; Lise, Martha, John, Marie, Astrid, Lars and Kunuk, his marriage ended in tragedy when Qetura died in 1939 at the age of 38.

He remarried on 12 August 1940 to Emilie Lund and had two children by her: Helga and Augo, they remained married until Lynge's death in 1959.

Lynge edited the journal "Tarqigssut" (The Lamp Trimmer)[2] from 1934 to 1948, mainly for the youth association 'Nunavta qitornai' (The Children of Our Country), which he founded in 1941.

He also wrote the poems Erinarsungaartarit nipit qiimasut anikkit, Nuannarisannik oqassaguma and Aalisartut qangatut ajornikuujumaarput.

Lynge went on the maiden voyage of the MS Hans Hedtoft which sailed from Julianehaab, Greenland, to Copenhagen, Denmark, on 29 January 1959.

Neither any bodies nor the wreck of the ship has ever been found - just a lifebuoy discovered on the shore of Iceland, 9 months after the sinking, now in the church at Julianehaab.