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List of political parties in Greenland

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

Active parties

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Logo Name Abbr. Ideology Position Leader Founded Representation National
affiliation
Inatsisartut
(2025)		 Municipalities
(2025)		 Folketing
(Greenland seats)
 Democrats
Demokraatit		 D Centre[2] to
centre-right[3]		 Jens-Frederik Nielsen 28 November 2002
10 / 31
21 / 81
0 / 2
 Liberal Alliance
 Naleraq N Greenlandic nationalism
Unilateralism
Populism[4]		 Centre to
centre-right[5]		 Pele Broberg 8 March 2014
8 / 31
9 / 81
1 / 2
 N/a
 Inuit Ataqatigiit IA Democratic socialism[6][7]
Greenlandic independence[7][8]
Environmentalism
Left-wing nationalism
 Left-wing Múte Bourup Egede 21 November 1978
7 / 31
16 / 81
1 / 2
 N/a
 Forward
Siumut		 S Social democracy
Greenlandic independence		 Centre-left Erik Jensen 29 July 1977
4 / 31
31 / 81
0 / 2
 Social Democrats
 Atassut A Liberal conservatism[3][9][10]
Market liberalism
Nordic agrarianism
Greenlandic unionism		 Centre-right[11] Aqqalu Jerimiassen 29 April 1978
2 / 31
4 / 81
0 / 2
 Venstre
Qulleq Q Greenlandic independence
Greenlandic nationalism
Pro-Oil industry		 Single-issue Karl Ingemann March 2023
0 / 31
0 / 81
0 / 2
 N/a

Dissolved parties (since 1979)

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Parties before 1975 (mostly very shortlived)

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Source:[12]

  • Grønlands kommunistisk parti (1946)
  • Grønlands Radikale Borgerparti (1954/55)
  • Grønlands Socialdemokratiske Parti (1955)
  • Inuit-parti [de] (1963)
  • Sukaq (1970)

References

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  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. 1 2 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. ↑ Neuman, Scott (2025). "What Greenland's elections mean for the island — and the U.S." NPR. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. 1 2 Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  8. ↑ "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse. The Times of India. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Maher, Joanne, ed. (2008). The Europa World Year Book 2008. Taylor & Francis. p. 1552.
  11. ↑ Europe Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. Kogan Page Publishers. 2003. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-7494-4067-1.
  12. ↑ Poulsen, Kristian Pablo (2007). Naalakkersuinikkut siuttuuneq: Siumut ukiuni 30-ni / Den politiske føring: Siumut i 30 år. Atuakkiorfik. p. 12-18.
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