Hans Kaarsberg

Among the Kalmyks of the Steppes on Horseback and by Troika: A Journey Made in 1890, an English-language translation of the book, was published by the Mongolian Society in 1996.

Kaarsberg attracted renewed attention for having inspired a young Karen Blixen's interest in travels, hunting and writing.

[1] To study the nosological and physical conditions of primitive peoples and to satisfy a personal apetite for adventure, he undertook three major one-man expeditions to rarely visited destinations.

Instead he ended up obtaining some funding from Gyldendal-owner Jacob Hegel on condition that he would produce a travel account about the expedition upon his return.

He started out by travelling to Transcaucasia by way of Tunis, Athens, Asia Minor and Constantinople and then continued by way of Tiflis to the Kalmyks on the Kyrgyz steppes.

Studier og Billeder fra svensk Lapmark nord for Polarkresen (1897)[1] In 1899, he went on a journey to the land of the Kuban Cossacks.

[2] Im 1886, Kaarsberg had his literary debut under the pseudonym Hans Juul with Mislyd og Harmonier.

[3] On 10 September 1880 in Skelby, Kaarsberg married to reich countess Anna Elise Margarethe von Platen zu Hallermund (1854-1942).

On 20 May 1891 im Glumsø, Kaarsberg married secondly to Agnes Sidonie Overbeck-Petersen (1864-1944) She was the daughter of estate manager Heinrich Christopher Gottfried Petersen (1824–98) and Catharine Frederikke Elisabeth Benedicte Caroline Overbeck (1837–96).