Jonathan Petersen
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Jonathan Petersen was a Greenlandic
songwriter
. He composed the music to the national anthem
of Greenland
, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit
(Our Country, Who's Become So Old in English). The lyrics were written by the Greenlandic pastor Henrik Lund
, and the song was adopted as the national anthem in 1916.
Greenlandic
Greenlandic may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Greenland, the self-governing Danish province located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. He composed the music to the national anthem
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
of Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit
Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit
"Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit" is the national anthem of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. With lyrics by Henrik Lund and music composed by Jonathan Petersen, the anthem was officially adopted in 1916...
(Our Country, Who's Become So Old in English). The lyrics were written by the Greenlandic pastor Henrik Lund
Henrik Lund
Henning Jakob Henrik Lund or Intel'eraq was a Greenlandic lyricist, painter and priest. He wrote the lyrics to "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit,"in the indigenous Greenlandic language, an Eskimo–Aleut language...
, and the song was adopted as the national anthem in 1916.