"Nuna asiilasooq" is a 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...

 used by the self-governing Kalaallit

Kalaallit

Kalaallit is the contemporary term in the Kalaallisut language for the indigenous people living in Greenland, also called the Kalaallit Nunaat. The singular term is kalaaleq. The Kalaallit are a part of the Arctic Inuit people. The language spoken by Inuit in Greenland is Kalaallisut.Historically,...

 Inuit

Inuit

The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...

 people of Greenland.

"Nuna asiilasooq" was officially recognised by the government in 1979. Both lyrics and melody were composed by Jonathan Petersen

Jonathan Petersen

Jonathan Petersen was a Greenlandic songwriter. He composed the music to the national anthem of Greenland, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit . The lyrics were written by the Greenlandic pastor Henrik Lund, and the song was adopted as the national anthem in 1916.-References:...

, who wrote the musical score for Greenland's 1916 anthem, "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...

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Greenlandic Text

Nuna asiilasooq Kalaallit nunagaarput

/: tamarmi qaqqartooq.:/:

Kangerluppassuit sinaa

nunassaqqissisippaat,

tamaat sineriaa

qeqertat saangerpaat.
Nuannersoqaqaaq

angallavigigaanni

/: tamaat sineriak :/:

avannamut kujammullu

inunnik naapitsiffik

nunaqarfinnillu

uningavissalik.
Qaqqaasa saavini

kangerluillu paani

/: unipput inuii. :/:

Imartik pissaqarfigaat

atorluakkaminnik,

Kalaallimmi pigaat

soraajuerlutik.