List of Greenlanders

rdf:langString List of Greenlanders

rdf:langString 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 * Richard Absalonsen, politician, member of the Atassut party * 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 and songwriter * Ove Karl Berthelsen, politician, Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources * Jørgen Brønlund, explorer, educator, and catechist * 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, the 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 * Katrine Larsen Lenner, politician * Kristian Lennert, politician * Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP programming language * Henrik Lund, lyricist, painter and priest * Angaangaq Lyberth, shaman * 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 * Alfred Olsen, politician * Anders Olsen, trader and colonial administrator * Marius Olsen, politician * Maligiaq Padilla, famous kayaker * Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician and social worker * Fritz Baumann Petersen, politician * 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 * Morten Siegstad, politician * Agathe Martha Storch, politician, member of the Atassut (Feeling of Community) party * 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