List of Greenlanders
Encyclopedia
Following are the notable people from Greenland:
- Maliina AbelsenMaliina AbelsenMaliina Abelsen is a Greenlandic politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit , holding the position of the Minister for Social Affairs in the Government of Greenland , in office since June 2009...
, politician and MPParliament of GreenlandThe Parliament of Greenland is the legislature in the government of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. The government of Greenland is also called Home Rule of Greenland. 16 seats are needed for a majority....
for the party Inuit AtaqatigiitInuit AtaqatigiitInuit Ataqatigiit is a leftist and separatist political party in Greenland. The party was born out of the increased youth radicalism in Denmark during the 1970s. The party strives to make Greenland an independent state.In the 2005 elections, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and seven out of... - Richard AbsalonsenRichard AbsalonsenRichard Absalonsen is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Atassut party. He has served as a member of the municipal council for the former Sisimiut Municipality.-References:...
, politician, member of the Atassut party - Arnarsaq, translator, interpreter and missionary
- Aron of Kangeq, hunter, painter, and oral historian
- Hermann BerthelsenHermann BerthelsenHermann Berthelsen is a Greenlandic politician and affiliated with the Siumut party. As of July 2010 he is the mayor of Sisimiut, a town in central-western Greenland, and the administrative center of the Qeqqata municipality.-References:...
, politician, affiliated with the Siumut (ForwardForward (Greenland)Forward is a social-democratic political party in Greenland and a consultative member of the Socialist International. It is led by Aleqa Hammond, member of the Greenlandic Parliament, who is the first woman ever to lead the party...
) party - Julie BerthelsenJulie BerthelsenJulie Ivalo Broberg Berthelsen is a Greenlandic singer and songwriter. She is known largely for her success on the TV series Popstars. Although she finished in second place, she has become more popular and successful than the first place winner...
, singer and songwriter - Ove Karl BerthelsenOve Karl BerthelsenOve Karl Berthelsen is a Greenlandic politician. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit, he is currently Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources.-References:...
, politician, Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources - Jørgen BrønlundJørgen BrønlundJørgen Brønlund , was a Greenlandic polar explorer, educator, and catechist. He participated in two Danish expeditions to Greenland in the early 20th century.-Early years:...
, explorer, educator, and catechist - Palle ChristiansenPalle ChristiansenPalle Christiansen is a Greenlandic politician. A member of the Democrats and is currently Minister for Education, Science and Nordic Cooperation.-References:...
, member of the DemocratsDemocrats (Greenland)The Democrats are a liberal and social-liberal, political party in Greenland. At the legislative elections on the fifteenth of November 2005, the party won 22.8% of the popular vote, and seven out of 31 seats, rising from 2002 totals of 15.6% of the popular vote and five out of 31 seats...
, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government for Nordic Cooperation - Nukaaka Coster-WaldauNukaaka Coster-WaldauNukaaka Coster-Waldau is a Greenlandic singer, actress, and a former Miss Greenland. She is married to Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau....
, singer, actress, and a former Miss Greenland - Agnethe DavidsenAgnethe DavidsenAgnethe Davidsen was the first female government minister in Greenland. Most recently, she served over 14 years as mayor of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, until her sudden death aged 60....
, the first female government minister in Greenland. - Hans EnoksenHans EnoksenHans Enoksen is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Greenland from 2002 to 2009.A Greenlandic monoglot, he has been a member of the Parliament of Greenland since 1995...
, politician, fourth prime minister - Agathe FontainAgathe FontainAgathe Fontain is a Greenlandic politician. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit she is currently Minister for Health.-References:...
, politician, Minister for Health - Anthon FrederiksenAnthon FrederiksenAnthon Frederikssen is a Greenlandic politician. The leader of the Kattusseqatigiit Party, he is currently Minister for Domestic Affairs, Nature and Environment.-References:...
, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier - Jesper GrønkjærJesper GrønkjærJesper Grønkjær is a former Danish professional football player. A pacey winger, he was able to play on the right or left wing and as a second striker. Grønkjær played a total 400 league games for a number of European clubs, most notably winning the 1999 Dutch Cup with Ajax Amsterdam and playing...
, professional footballer - Ole Jørgen HammekenOle Jørgen HammekenOle Jørgen Hammeken − born in 1956 in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, of Maritha and Motzflot Hammeken − is a Greenlandic explorer and social worker, based in Uummannaq, a town in northwestern Greenland.- Polar exploration:...
, explorer and social worker - Ane HansenAne HansenAne Hansen is a Greenlandic politician. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit, she is currently Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture.-References:...
, politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture - Hans HendrikHans HendrikHans Hendrik, also known as Hans Christian, native name Suersaq , was a Greenlandic Arctic traveller and interpreter, born in the southern settlement of Fiskernaes .-Supporting the Kane Expedition:...
, Arctic traveller and interpreter - Lars Emil JohansenLars Emil JohansenLars Emil Johansen was the second Prime Minister of Greenland, serving from 1991 to 1997.Johansen was chairman of the political party Siumut between 1987 and 1997, seated in the Landsting from its creation in 1979...
, former prime minister - Ricky Enø JørgensenRicky Enø JørgensenRicky Enø Jørgensen is a Danish racing cyclist for Glud & Marstrand Horsens. Enø Jørgensen was born in Ilulissat, Greenland.-External links:...
, racing cyclist for Glud & Marstrand Horsens - Mimi KarlsenMimi KarlsenMimi Karlsen is a Greenlandic politician. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit she is currently Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs.-References:...
, politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs - Niklas Kreutzmann, semi-professional football player
- Thorkell Leifsson, son of Leif EricsonLeif EricsonLeif Ericson was a Norse explorer who is regarded as the first European to land in North America , nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus...
, paramount chieftainParamount chieftainThe ancient Norse rulers of Greenland were called paramount chieftains.Among the island nation's chieftains were:*Erik the Red, or Eirikr Thorvaldsson, the nation's first chieftain and its first settler, began rule in 985....
of Greenland - Katrine Larsen LennerKatrine Larsen LennerKatrine Larsen Lenner is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party. She has served as a member of the municipal council for the former Sisimiut Municipality.-References:...
, politician - Kristian LennertKristian LennertKristian Lennert is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Siumut party. He has served as a member of the municipal council for the former Sisimiut Municipality.-References:...
, politician - Rasmus LerdorfRasmus LerdorfRasmus Lerdorf is a Danish programmer with Canadian citizenship and is most notable as the creator of the PHP scripting language. He authored the first two versions...
, creator of the PHPPHPPHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...
programming language - Henrik LundHenrik LundHenning 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...
, lyricist, painter and priest - Angaangaq LyberthAngaangaq LyberthAngaangaq is a Kalaallit Inuk who was asked by his people to be a shaman. He has been quoted on the effects of global warming in Greenland...
, shaman - Aqqaluk LyngeAqqaluk LyngeAqqaluk Lynge was the President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council from 1995 to 2002. He is a former member of the Parliament of Greenland and one of the founders of the Greenlandic political party Inuit Ataqatigiit...
, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council - Jonathan MotzfeldtJonathan MotzfeldtJonathan Motzfeldt was the first and third Prime Minister of Greenland.From 1979 to 1988, in 1997 and from 2003 to 2008, he was Chairman of the Greenland Landsting. He was prime minister twice, from 1 May 1979 to 18 March 1991 and from 19 September 1997 to 14 December 2002...
, former primer minister - Josef MotzfeldtJosef MotzfeldtJosef Motzfeldt is a Greenland politician and serves as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs in the Greenland Homerule Gorvernment.He is the current president of the West Nordic Council....
, politician and serves as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs - Asii Chemnitz NarupAsii Chemnitz NarupAsii Chemnitz Narup is a Greenlandic politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit . Chemnitz Narup was the country's environmental and health minister between 2005 and 2006. She resigned in protest against what she felt was a poorly functioning government. She is currently serving as mayor...
, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit - Alfred OlsenAlfred OlsenAlfred Olsen is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Siumut party. He has served as a member of the municipal council for the former Sisimiut Municipality.-References:...
, politician - Anders OlsenAnders OlsenAnders Olsen was a Norwegian-Danish trader and colonial administrator who became the founder of several important towns in Greenland.- Sources :- References :...
, trader and colonial administrator - Marius OlsenMarius OlsenMarius Olsen is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Siumut party. He has served as a member of the municipal council and Deputy Mayor for the former Sisimiut Municipality.-References:...
, politician - Maligiaq PadillaMaligiaq PadillaMaligiaq Johnsen Padilla is a Greenlander and a famous kayaker. In 1995, at the age of 13, he won every event in his age group at the National Kayaking Championship....
, famous kayaker - Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician and social worker
- Fritz Baumann PetersenFritz Baumann PetersenFritz Baumann Petersen is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Siumut party. He has served as a member of the municipal council for the former Sisimiut Municipality.-References:...
, politician - Johan Carl Christian PetersenJohan Carl Christian PetersenJohan Carl Christian Petersen was a Danish seaman and interpreter who participated in several expeditions in Northern Canada and Greenland in search of the missing British explorer John Franklin....
, seaman and interpreter - Gertrud RaskGertrud RaskGertrud Rask was the first wife of the Danish-Norwegian missionary to Greenland Hans Egede and was the mother of the missionary and translator Paul Egede.-Life in Norway:...
, wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul - Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer and anthropologist
- Lars RosingLars RosingLars Rosing is a Danish-Greenlandic actor. Brother of film director Otto Rosing. Born in Maniitsoq, a town in western Greenland, he grew up in Ilulissat, a larger town further north. Rosing later resided in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland....
, actor, brother of film director Otto - Otto RosingOtto RosingOtto Rosing is a Greenlandic/Danish film director. Grew up in Ilulissat, Greenland and later resided in Greenland's capital Nuuk. He now lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. In collaboration with film producer Mikisoq H. Lynge, Otto Rosing and Torben Bech directed Greenland's first...
, film director, brother of actor Lars - Augusta SallingAugusta SallingAugusta Salling is a former finance minister of Greenland. She began as a teacher. Her political roles before finance minister included being a member of a Parliament and mayor of Qeqertarsuaq from 1993 to 1997. In 2003 she refused to step down over a budgeting error she stated was not her fault....
, politician, former finance minister - Morten SiegstadMorten SiegstadMorten Siegstad is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Siumut party. He has served as a member of the municipal council for the former Sisimiut Municipality.-References:...
, politician - Agathe Martha StorchAgathe Martha StorchAgathe Martha Storch is a Greenlandic politician and member of the Atassut party. She has served as a member of the municipal council for the former Sisimiut Municipality.-References:...
, politician, member of the Atassut (Feeling of CommunityFeeling of CommunityFeeling of Community is a centre-right conservative liberal and agrarian political party in Greenland and a partner of the Danish Venstre party. At the last legislative elections, on the fifteenth of November 2005, the party won 19.1% of the popular vote and six out of 31 seats...
) party - Minik WallaceMinik WallaceMinik Wallace was an Inuit brought as a child in 1897 from Greenland to New York with his father and others by the explorer Robert Peary. The six Inuit were studied by staff of the American Museum of Natural History, which had custody...
, brought as a child in 1897 to New York by Robert Peary - Karla Jessen Williamson, Executive Director of the Arctic Institute of North AmericaArctic Institute of North AmericaThe Arctic Institute of North America is mandated to study the North American and circumpolar Arctic in the areas of natural science, social science, arts and the humanities. In addition, it acquires, preserves and disseminates information on environmental, physical, and social conditions in the...