Jens Haven (June 23, 1724, Wust, Jutland, Denmark - April 16, 1796, Herrnhut, Saxony) was a Moravian missionary and the prime mover behind the founding of the Moravian missions in Labrador. Jens Haven was brought up as a Lutheran, but after apprenticing with a Moravian joiner, converted to Moravianism and entered the community at Herrnhut. In 1758 he went to Greenland as a missionary to the Inuit, remaining there four years. Haven had long wished to go to Labrador, … Wikipedia
Situated in NAIN LABRADOR , the most northerly community on the Labrador coast (56 N 61 W), Jens Haven Memorial School is home to 400 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12, the majority of whom are of Inuit descent. www.k12.nf.ca/jenshaven/
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