Martha Abelsen

Last updated

Martha Abelsen (born 1957) is a Greenlandic politician.

She was born in Nuuk and trained as a kindergarten teacher. She also received management training. [1] Abelsen worked for the KANUKOKA, the association of Greenland municipalities, for 15 years. She began work there as a consultant and, in 1999, became director. Abelsen was elected chairman in 2010. She resigned effective September 1, 2013. [2] In October 2011, she was named second deputy mayor for Sermersooq municipality. [3] In 2014, she was named a representative for Greenland on the Executive Council of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nuuk</span> Capital and largest city of Greenland

Nuuk is the capital of and most populous city in Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center. The major cities from other countries closest to the capital are Iqaluit and St. John's in Canada and Reykjavík in Iceland. Nuuk contains a third of Greenland's population and its tallest building. Nuuk is also the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. In January 2024, it had a population of 19,872. Nuuk is considered a modernized city after the policy began in 1950.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denmark</span> Country in Northern Europe

Denmark is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe. It is the metropolitan part of and the most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the North Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying south-west and south of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border.

Greenland is divided into five municipalities – Avannaata, Kujalleq, Qeqertalik, Qeqqata, and Sermersooq – as well as the large Northeast Greenland National Park which is unincorporated. The Pituffik Space Base is administered by the United States Space Force and operates as an unincorporated enclave surrounded by territory of Avannaata.

Itterajivit, formerly Kap Hope, was a small village in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. It was abandoned in late 2005. It was the last remaining populated settlement outside Ittoqqortoormiit, located on Liverpool Land, across the Rosenvinge bay to the west of the town. It was featured in the TV show Departures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sermersooq</span> Municipality of Greenland

Sermersooq is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous municipality in the country, with 23,123 inhabitants as of January 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kujalleq</span> Municipality of Greenland

Kujalleq is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Qaasuitsup</span> Former municipality of Greenland

Qaasuitsup was a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2017. As of January 2015, its population was 17,168. The administrative centre of the municipality was in Ilulissat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Qeqqata</span> Municipality of Greenland

Qeqqata is a municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in the central-western part of the country. Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020. The administrative center of the municipality is in Sisimiut.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Qaarsut Airport</span> Airport in Avannaata, Greenland

Qaarsut Airport is an airport in Qaarsut, a settlement on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is a primary airport with a gravel runway, capable of serving STOL aircraft of Air Greenland in all seasons. There is a small cafeteria in the tiny arrivals/departures hall. It is connected by a 4 km (2.5 mi) gravel road to Qaarsut and is 13.5 nautical miles northwest of Uummannaq.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KANUKOKA</span> Former national association of Greenlands municipalities

KANUKOKA was the national association of Greenland's municipalities, led by Palle Jeremiassen. The name was an acronym formed from the first two letters of each of the constituent words of the now defunct organization's name in the Greenlandic language.

Maliina Abelsen was the General Manager for Arctic Winter Games 2016 and is a former Greenlandic politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA), holding the position of the Minister for Finance in the Government of Greenland, in office from 2011-2013. Between June 2009 and March 2011, Abelsen held the position of the Minister for Social Affairs in the Government of Greenland. Since 2020, Abelsen has been programme manager for UNICEF Denmark in Greenland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hermann Berthelsen</span> Greenlandic politician

Hermann Berthelsen is a Greenlandic politician and affiliated with the Siumut party. As of July 2010, Berthelsen is the mayor of Sisimiut, a town in central-western Greenland, and the administrative center of the Qeqqata municipality.

Qaqortuatsiaq is a former settlement on the northern shore of Appat Island in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Its ruins lay against the Torsukattak Strait of Uummannaq Fjord.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sara Olsvig</span> Greenlandic politician (born 1978)

Sara Olsvig is a Greenlandic politician and former leader (2014–2018) of the Inuit Ataqatigiit political party. She occupied one of Greenland's two seats in the Danish Folketing, 15 September 2011 – 15 September 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Naja Abelsen</span> Greenlandic painter and illustrator

Naja Abelsen is a Danish-Greenlandic painter and illustrator. Much of her art is inspired by the myths and sagas of Greenland. In addition to her work as a book illustrator, she has designed 18 stamps for Post Greenland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elisabeth Johansen</span> Greenlandic midwife and politician (1907–1993)

Elisabeth Johansen was a Greenlandic midwife and politician. She was the first certified midwife in the country, as well as the first woman to attain a political office in Greenland. She was the first women appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

Vera Leth is a Greenlandic civil servant who was the County Council Ombudsman for the Parliament of Greenland between 1997 and 2023.

Ivalo Abelsen is a Greenlandic teacher and artist, most known for a series of postage stamps she produced depicting animal, human and geometric designs relevant to Greenland's history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avannaata</span> Municipality of Greenland

Avannaata is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Qeqertalik</span> Municipality of Greenland

Qeqertalik is a municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup Municipality. It is the least populated municipality at a population of 6,340, despite this it is the 2nd most densely populated municipality with 0.11 people per square kilometer.

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet ICC's New Council Members" (PDF). DRUM. 7 (4). ICC Alaska: 9. December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Martha Labansen går på pension" (in Danish). KANUKOKA. August 12, 2013. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Martha Abelsen som 2. viceborgmester". Sermitsiaq (in Danish). October 5, 2011.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.