Wikipedia:Landsbybrønden/Identifying a Dane

Identifying a Dane

[Apologies. This post is in English as I know no Danish. Hope it's easier to understand than a machine translation]. I need help identifying a Dane who is the subject of articles in several Russian encyclopedias (late 19 - early 20 century). All the articles say roughly the following: "Olasfen (sic!) — XVIII century Danish agronomist, studied Islandic agriculture practices. Published «Livre d’agriculture» (1783) and «Traité des plantes potagères de l’Island» (1774)." Yes, for whatever reason, the titles are in French! I need a minimum of information to create a wikidata item for him: correct name, dates of birth and death, etc. Thank you, Henry Merrivale (diskussion) 9. jul 2021, 13:24 (CEST).

See you talk page. --Pugilist (diskussion) 9. jul 2021, 13:49 (CEST)

There seems to have existed an Icelandic historian name Jon Olafsen, born in Grunnavik (Iceland). But he does not fit the description. The two book titles that you mentioned do not appear in Det Kgl. Bibliotek. This could be because they were not printed in Denmark. So no info. Ditlev Petersen (diskussion) 20. jul 2021, 23:08 (CEST)