Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard (1756 - 1838)

Born 12 Dec 1756 in Sædding, Bølling, Ringkøbing, Danmark

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Died 9 Aug 1838 at age 81 in København, Danmark

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Biography

"An old man, who himself suffered exceedingly from melancholy, has a son in his old age, who inherits all this melancholy," recorded Kierkegaard in a note from 1846. As an eleven-year old M.P.K. broke out of his destitute life on the Jutish moors and went to Copenhagen. Here he quickly learned to spin gold from his woolen goods and established himself later as a person of independent means and in real estate speculation. At about the age of 40 he retired to devote himself to more spiritual concerns. With his melancholy imagination, nourished by the Old Testament tale of Job, he imagined that God would punish him by letting his seven children die before they turned 34. Only Søren and Peter survived the prophecy.

Sources

• http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/tema/webudstillinger/sk-mss/samtidige/6skfamilie/6-1.html
• Joachim Garff 2000: SAK Søren Aabye Kierkegaard - En biografi, Gyldendal København. ISBN: 87-68962-9

See also:

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pedersen_Kierkegaard
• http://jsja.dk/genealogi/getperson.php?personID=I149463&tree=tree1