Morten Pedersen Porsild

Morten Pedersen Porsild (1 September 1872, Glibstrup near Store Andst – 30 April 1956, Copenhagen) was a Danish botanist who lived and worked most of his adult life in Greenland.

In 1906, he founded the Arctic Station in Qeqertarsuaq, West Greenland, since 1956 part of the University of Copenhagen.

He got support from famous polar researchers like Knud Rasmussen, Mylius-Erichsen and Fridtjof Nansen.

A private person donated the building and running cost were put directly on the Danish state budget.

[1] In 1946, he returned to Copenhagen, and was succeeded as station head by Paul Gelting.