List_of_Greenlanders

List of Greenlanders

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The following is a list of notable people from Greenland:

Maliina Abelsen, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit
Naja Abelsen (born 1964), artist, book illustrator
Arnarsaq, translator, interpreter and missionary
Arnarulunnguaq (1896–1933), native Greenlandic woman who accompanied Knud Rasmussen on his Fifth Thule Expedition
Aron of Kangeq, hunter, painter, and oral historian
Hermann Berthelsen, politician, affiliated with the Siumut (Forward) party
Julie Berthelsen, singer-songwriter
Ove Karl Berthelsen, politician, Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources
Jørgen Brønlund, explorer, educator, and catechist
Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), fashion designer
Palle Christiansen, member of the Democrats, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government for Nordic Cooperation
Nukaaka Coster-Waldau, singer, actress, and former Miss Greenland
Agnethe Davidsen, first female government minister in Greenland
Aviâja Egede Lynge (born 1974), indigenous rights activist, childhood rights commissioner
Hans Enoksen, politician, fourth prime minister
Agathe Fontain, politician, Minister for Health
Anthon Frederiksen, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier
Jesper Grønkjær, professional footballer
Ole Jørgen Hammeken, explorer and social worker
Ane Hansen, politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture
Hans Hendrik, Arctic traveller and interpreter
Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), politician, member of the Folketing, Siumut party
Arnannguaq Høegh (1956–2020), graphic artist and educator
Doris J. Jensen (born 1978), politician, member of the Siumut party
Lars Emil Johansen, former prime minister
Ricky Enø Jørgensen, racing cyclist for Glud & Marstrand Horsens
Mimi Karlsen, politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs
Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), poet, performance artist
Kuupik Kleist, politician
Makka Kleist (born 1951), actress
Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen (born 1977), singer
Angunnguaq Larsen, actor (Borgen)
Thorkell Leifsson, son of Leif Ericson, paramount chieftain of Greenland
Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP programming language
Henrik Lund, lyricist, painter and priest
Aqqaluk Lynge, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
Nauja Lynge (born 1965), writer, lecturer
Jonathan Motzfeldt, former prime minister
Josef Motzfeldt, politician and serves as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs
Asii Chemnitz Narup, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit
Anders Olsen, trader and colonial administrator
Maligiaq Padilla, famous kayaker
Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician and social worker
Johan Carl Christian Petersen, seaman and interpreter
Gertrud Rask, wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul
Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer and anthropologist
Henriette Rasmussen (1950–2017), educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician
Signe Rink (1836–1909), writer and ethnologist
Lars Rosing, actor, brother of film director Otto
Otto Rosing, film director, brother of actor Lars
Augusta Salling, politician, former finance minister
Minik Wallace, brought as a child in 1897 to New York by Robert Peary
Karla Jessen Williamson, executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America

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