List of political parties in Greenland

This is a list of political parties in Greenland, as of 20 April 2021. Greenland has a multi-party system.

Active parties

Logo	Name		Abbr.	Ideology	Position	Leader	Founded	Representation
								Inatsisartut	Municipalities	Folketing (Greenland seats)
		Community of the People Inuit Ataqatigiit	IA	Democratic socialism [1] [2] Greenlandic independence [2] [3] Environmentalism Left-wing nationalism	Left-wing	Múte Bourup Egede	1978	12 / 31	32 / 81	1 / 2
		Forward Siumut	S	Social democracy Greenlandic independence	Centre-left	Erik Jensen	1977	10 / 31	31 / 81	1 / 2
		Point of Orientation Naleraq	N	Greenlandic independence Unilateralism Populism [4]	Centre	Hans Enoksen	2014	4 / 31	8 / 81	0 / 2
		Solidarity Atassut	A	Liberal conservatism [5] [6] [7] Market liberalism Nordic agrarianism Greenlandic unionism	Centre-right [8]	Aqqalu Jerimiassen	1978	2 / 31	6 / 81	0 / 2
		Democrats Demokraatit	D	Liberalism [9] Greenlandic unionism [10] Pro-Europeanism [11] Populism [12]	Centre [13] to centre-right [5]	Jens Frederik Nielsen	2002	3 / 31	4 / 81	0 / 2
		Cooperation Party Suleqatigiissitsisut	SA	Greenlandic unionism Social liberalism [14] Economic liberalism	Centre-right [15]	Michael Rosing	2018	0 / 31	0 / 81	0 / 2
		Descendants of Our Country Nunatta Qitornai	NQ	Greenlandic independence Separatism Social democracy Populism	Centre-left	Vittus Qujaukitsoq	2017	0 / 31	0 / 81	0 / 2

Dissolved parties

• Sukaq
• Labour Party
• Women's Party
• Polar Party
• Centre Party (Greenland)
• Roots Party
• Association of Candidates
• People's Party

References

1. "Greenland wakes up to first power shift in 30 years". The Copenhagen Post . 3 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
2. Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
3. "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse . The Times of India. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
4. Greenland independence on hold in snap election
5. Loukacheva, Natalia (2007). The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut. University of Toronto Press. p. 55.
6. Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 319. ISBN   978-82-00-12799-4.
7. Maher, Joanne, ed. (2008). The Europa World Year Book 2008. Taylor & Francis. p. 1552.
8. Europe Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. Kogan Page Publishers. 2003. p. 163. ISBN   978-0-7494-4067-1.
9. "Ideology". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
10. "Rigsfælleskabet". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
11. "EU". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
12. Dahl, Jens (2006). "Greenland". The Indigenous World 2006. IWGIA. p. 34.
13. Lansford, Tom, ed. (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. CQ Press. p. 393.
14. "Michael Rosing på vej med nyt parti". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
15. Schultz-Nielsen, Jørgen (12 March 2018). "Samarbejdspartiet: Alle må yde for at alle kan nyde". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). Retrieved 25 March 2018.