Being part of the Kingdom of Denmark,the foreign relations of Greenland are handled in cooperation with the Danish government and the Government 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 2023,it had a population of 19,604. Nuuk is considered a modernized city after the policy began in 1950.
Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt was a Greenlandic priest and politician. He is considered one of the leading figures in the establishment of Greenland Home Rule. Jonathan Motzfeldt was the first prime minister of Greenland. He was Greenland's prime minister from 1979 until 1991 and again from 1997 until 2002. He was Greenland's longest serving prime minister and won the most elections of any prime minister of Greenland. He is considered a centre-left politician and Greenland became a recognized country during his tenure.
The Inatsisartut,also known as the Parliament of Greenland in English,is the unicameral parliament of Greenland,an autonomous territory in the Danish realm. Established in 1979,it meets in Inatsisartut,on the islet of Nuuk Center in central Nuuk.
Qaqortoq,formerly Julianehåb,is a city in,and the capital of,the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland,located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,050 in 2020,it is the most populous town in southern Greenland and the fourth or fifth-largest town on the island.
Tourism in Greenland is a relatively young business area of the country. Since the foundation of the national tourist council,Greenland Tourism,in 1992,the Home Rule Government has been working actively with promoting the destination and helping smaller tourist providers to establish their services. Foreign travel agencies have increasingly been opening up sale of Greenland trips and tours,and the cruise industry has had a relatively large increase in routes to Greenland since about the turn of the century.
Aleqa Hammond is a Greenlandic politician and former member of the Danish Folketing (parliament). Formerly the leader of the Siumut party,she became Greenland's first female prime minister after her party emerged as the largest parliamentary faction in the 2013 elections. In 2014 she stepped down as prime minister and leader of Siumut,following a case of misuse of public funds. She was expelled from Siumut on 23 August 2016 after yet another case of misuse of public funds and became an independent. On 31 March 2018 she announced that she would be running in the 2018 Greenlandic parliamentary election for the Siumut breakaway Nunatta Qitornai.
Greenlandic people in Denmark are residents of Denmark with Greenlandic or Greenlandic Inuit heritage. According to StatBank Greenland,as of 2020,there were 16,780 people born in Greenland living in Denmark,a figure representing almost one third of the population of Greenland. According to a 2007 Danish government report,there were 18,563 Greenlandic people living in Denmark. The exact number is difficult to calculate because of the lack of differentiation between Greenlandic and Danish heritage in Danish government records and also due to the fact that the way in which people identify themselves is not always a reflection of their birthplace. As of 2018,there were 2,507 Greenlanders enrolled in education in Denmark.
Angu Motzfeldt is a Greenlandic singer,composer,and songwriter. He was born in Qaqortoq,Greenland,and later moved to Nuuk. His music appeared on the soundtrack to Inuk Silis Høegh's prize-winning documentary Eskimo Weekend,as well as in Nuummioq. He appeared on the Danish TV series Forsvar as well.
Aaja Chemnitz Arnatsiaq Larsen is a Greenlandic politician,who is a member of the Danish Folketing for the Inuit Ataqatigiit,representing one of the two parliament seats for Greenland.
Suka K. Frederiksen was a Greenlandic politician. Frederiksen was a member of the Inatsisartut and had held the position of Minister of Independence and Agriculture and Foreign Affairs.
Marie Margrethe Ruth Ane Thomsen Heilmann is a Greenlandic teacher and politician who represents the Siumut party. In January 2008,she became the first female speaker of the Inatsisartut or Parliament of Greenland. The Parliament honoured her in April 2016 with the Nersornaat (gold),a medal for meritorious service,for a political career lasting over 20 years.
Stephen Heilmann was a Greenlandic politician and journalist.
Henriette Ellen Kathrine Vilhelmine Rasmussen née Jeremiassen was a Greenlandic educator,journalist,women's rights activist and politician. In 1992,she provided support for the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and in 1996,was appointed principal advisor to the ILO in connection with the 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention. As a member of Inuit Ataqatigiit from the early 1980s,she strove for Greenlandic independence from Denmark and served as Greenland's Minister of Culture and Education (2003–2005).
Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede is a Greenlandic politician serving as the seventh prime minister of Greenland,a position he has held since April 2021. He has served as a member of the Inatsisartut,the parliament of Greenland,since 2015,and furthermore as chairman of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party since 2018.
Kîstat Lund was a Greenlandic graphic artist,illustrator,painter and schoolteacher. Educated at GU Nuuk High School and Viborg Katedralskole,she began drawing and painting while she was in high school and she worked with the techniques of painting in airbrush,acrylic,graphics,oil,paper cuts,pastel paintings,reliefs,tapestry weave templates and watercolour. Lund created art that was commissioned by conference rooms,institutions and schools. She was also a teacher at Narsap Atuarfia in Narsaq from 1975 after training as a teacher. Lund received scholarships and awards for her work and she was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1997.
Martha Lund Olsen is a Greenlandic politician (Siumut).
Anna Wangenheim is a Greenlandic politician (Demokraatit).
