Juan Fugl (born Hans Fugl; October 24, 1811 – January 25, 1900)Larsen de Rabal, pág.498 was one of the first Danish immigrants who settled in the

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city of

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. He also reached the position of mayor of Tandil. His father was a farmer, so to help his family had to work as a child doing the same work on a ranch. After recovering from some diseases, he studied teaching at a seminar. With the aim to colonise new frontiers, he arrived in Argentina and settled in Tandil where he dedicated to teaching and agriculture, and where he also established the first school in the village and built the first bakery. In Tandil there is still the mill he built himself. He was mayor and justice of the peace, besides occupying other political posts. On a trip to visit Denmark, he married a niece. He had eight children, one boy and seven girls, six of whom died at an early age. His son moved to Copenhagen to receive his secondary education there; this city was chosen by Fugl to spend there his last days of life.

References

Larsen de Rabal, Alice, Memorias de Juan Fugl. Vida de un pionero durante 30 años en Tandil-Argentina (1844–1875), 1989

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Argentine politicians 1811 births 1900 deaths Argentine people of Danish descent Danish emigrants to Argentina People from Lolland Municipality People from Lolland Mayors of Tandil {{Denmark-politician-stub