List of political parties in Greenland

This is a list of political parties in Greenland, as of 11 March 2025. Greenland has a multi-party system.

Active parties

Logo	Name		Abbr.	Ideology	Position	Leader	Founded	Representation
								Inatsisartut (2025)	Municipalities (2021)	Folketing (Greenland seats)
		Democrats Demokraatit	D	Liberalism Social liberalism [1] Soft Greenlandic independence Historically: Greenlandic unionism	Centre [2] to centre-right [3]	Jens-Frederik Nielsen	28 November 2002 (2002-11-28)	10 / 31	4 / 81	0 / 2
		Naleraq lit. 'Point of Orientation'	N	Greenlandic independence Unilateralism Populism [4]	Centre	Pele Broberg	8 March 2014 (2014-3-8)	8 / 31	8 / 81	1 / 2
		Inuit Ataqatigiit lit. 'Community of the People'	IA	Democratic socialism [5] [6] Greenlandic independence [6] [7] Environmentalism Left-wing nationalism	Left-wing	Múte Bourup Egede	21 November 1978 (1978-11-21)	7 / 31	32 / 81	1 / 2
		Siumut lit. 'Forward'	S	Social democracy Greenlandic independence	Centre-left	Erik Jensen	29 July 1977 (1977-7-29)	4 / 31	31 / 81	0 / 2
		Atassut lit. 'Feeling of Community'	A	Liberal conservatism [3] [8] [9] Market liberalism Nordic agrarianism Greenlandic unionism	Centre-right [10]	Aqqalu Jerimiassen	29 April 1978 (1978-4-29)	2 / 31	6 / 81	0 / 2
		Qulleq lit. 'Oil lamp'	Q	Greenlandic independence Greenlandic nationalism Pro-Oil industry	Single-issue	Karl Ingemann	March 2023 (2023-3)	0 / 31	0 / 81	0 / 2
		Cooperation Party Suleqatigiissitsisut	SA	Greenlandic unionism Social liberalism [11] Economic liberalism	Centre-right [12]	Michael Rosing	11 March 2018 (2018-3-11)	0 / 31	0 / 81	0 / 2
		Nunatta Qitornai lit. 'Descendants of Our Land'	NQ	Greenlandic independence Decentralization Social democracy Populism	Centre-left	Vittus Qujaukitsoq	September 2017 (2017-9)	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. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Greenland/Denmark" . Retrieved 27 September 2018.
2. Lansford, Tom, ed. (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. CQ Press. p. 393.
3. Loukacheva, Natalia (2007). The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut. University of Toronto Press. p. 55.
4. Greenland independence on hold in snap election
5. "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.
6. Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
7. "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse . The Times of India. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
8. 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.
9. Maher, Joanne, ed. (2008). The Europa World Year Book 2008. Taylor & Francis. p. 1552.
10. Europe Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. Kogan Page Publishers. 2003. p. 163. ISBN   978-0-7494-4067-1.
11. "Michael Rosing på vej med nyt parti". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
12. Schultz-Nielsen, Jørgen (12 March 2018). "Samarbejdspartiet: Alle må yde for at alle kan nyde". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). Retrieved 25 March 2018.