#sermitsiaq

[davidstanleytravel]

Sermitsiaq mountain (1,210 meters) provides a stunning backdrop for Nuuk (Godthab), Greenland. The international airport can be seen stretching along a ridge above the town.

[tomorrowusa]

Results of a poll in Greenland reveal that the vast majority of residents want nothing to do with Trump's attempts to annex their country. 🇬🇱

New poll shows overwhelming majority of Greenlanders reject Trump

In a new poll conducted by Verian for Berlingske and the Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq, 85 percent of Greenlanders say no to the idea that they want Greenland to leave the Danish Realm and become part of the US instead. Only 6 percent of Greenlanders want to leave the Danish Realm in favour of the US, and 9 percent are undecided. »Compared to what Donald Trump has said previously, this is very clear evidence that the reality is different,« says Kasper Møller Hansen, an election researcher and professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen who has studied opinion polls for years.

Pro-annexation Greenlanders (6%) are smaller in number than the undecided (9%).

You don't need to know Danish to understand what Greenlanders think about Trump's imperialistic lust.

[dandelionsprout42]

My analysis of Greenland from a Norwegian perspective

I read Sermitsiaq's websites roughly monthly without needing translator tools, and have watched Danmark Radio's splendid documentary series Historien om Grønland og Danmark.

From my understanding, Greenland has never truly felt okay with Denmark. Until circa 1940, all trade with other nations was banned (and even then it only became allowed due to Greenland being in the Allies and cut off from Denmark); and at least 6 different approaches for Greenlandic society has been tried out (ranging from enforcing old hunting techniques, to building reasonably good apartment blocks with TVs, then-modern stoves, and everything).

However, and this is a very big however: Greenland's goal is independence. Not to become colonised by a second nation.

Pretty much the only thing left that hampers Greenlandic independence is that their land-based infrastructure is non-existent. There are no proper roads between any towns. A dirt trail between the old Kangerlussuaq airport and the town of Sisimiut was purportedly opened a year or 2 ago, but would be very impractical at best to carry large supplies through.

Greenland probably also needs a strategy for currency; they can't readily change to the Euro. Or at least I don't think they can. They also never really got momentum going with building a proper football stadium for CONCACAF; and they only have 1 proper locally based TV station, 1 newspaper, and AFAIK 1 radio station, partially owing to their not particularly large population (Digital TV is widespread, but a majority of those channels are Danish).

Their amounts of land-based farming is also not much to write home about, so outsiders' eyebrows will be raised even higher than before about whale hunting until they get better access to e.g. grains without import costs.

[centralblogsnoticias]

Apenas 6% dos groenlandeses apoiam adesão aos EUA, aponta pesquisa dinamarquesa

Uma pesquisa realizada pelo instituto Verian, encomendada pelo jornal dinamarquês Berlingske e pelo periódico groenlandês Sermitsiaq, revelou que apenas 6% dos groenlandeses apoiam a ideia de que seu território se torne parte dos Estados Unidos. O levantamento contrasta fortemente com uma pesquisa anterior conduzida por uma empresa norte-americana pouco conhecida, que sugeria amplo apoio à…

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Greenland calls March 11 elections amid Trump’s interest in acquiring Arctic island

Greenland confirmed on Wednesday that legislative elections will be held on March 11, a day after the island nation’s parliament decided to ban foreign political donations, Danish state media reported.

“We are in the middle of a serious time, a time like we have never experienced in our country,” Prime Minister Mute Egede said in a social media post.

Egede, the leader of the centre-left Inuit Ataqatigiit party who has led a coalition government since 2021, also announced his candidacy for re-election.

Earlier, the authorities decided to secure the autonomy from any external interference by considering a bill to ban foreign funding for local parties. Under the ban will be not only foreign donations, but also those made anonymously. According to the bill, “handouts” are also not allowed for the youth sections of local parties, and the aggregate private contributions were limited to 200,000 kroner ($ 28,000).

The upcoming election campaign is expected to revolve around Greenland’s quest for independence, the development of the island’s fragile economy and relations with Denmark and the US.

Denmark has ruled the island for centuries. Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953 and has since been granted broad autonomy, including the right to declare independence, although Copenhagen remains responsible for Greenland’s security and foreign policy.

Greenland wants independence, poll shows

A majority of Greenlanders would vote in favour of independence if such a referendum were held now, a recent poll by polling service Verian, commissioned by Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenlandic daily Sermitsiaq, showed. Some 28 per cent said they would vote against independence.

The poll also showed that 45 per cent of people would not want independence if it had a negative impact on living standards, emphasising that the future path to it remains unclear.

US President Donald Trump announced his desire to acquire Greenland in December 2024 during the presidential race. He said the island is necessary for the US to ensure “national security and freedom around the world.”

Greenland’s Prime Minister Mut Egede said in his New Year’s Day speech that he wants independence from Denmark, without mentioning the US. Under the 2009 treaty, the island can only declare independence if its residents vote in favour in a referendum.

Read more HERE

[abwwia]

Anne-Birthe Hove (1951–2012) was a Greenlandic graphic artist. Many of her works portray the relationship between people and nature and reflect a specifically-Greenlandic identity and politics. Hove was born in Aasiaat and was educated at the Graphic Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.

Nuuk Art Museum's collection includes 14 lithographs of Sermitsiaq created by Hove. She illustrated several stamps for Post Greenland, beginning in 1997. For several years she presided over KIMIK, a Greenlandic artist's association. via Wikipedia

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Greenland 2018 - The Mythical Fjord by BrianScrivner

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Greenland 2018 - Fjord Adventure! by BrianScrivner

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A following up of the post yesterday ^^. Meet Kent's little brother Níko Sermitsiaq, a 14yo Aircraft enthusiast

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Midnight Sun por André Terras Alexandre Por Flickr: Nuuk, Greenland Check my WEBSITE

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Greenland 2018 - The Mythical Fjord by BrianScrivner

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Greenland 2018 - The Mythical Fjord by BrianScrivner

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Greenland 2018 - The Mythical Fjord by BrianScrivner

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Greenland 2018 - The Mythical Fjord

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Greenland 2018 - The Mythical Fjord by BrianScrivner

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Greenland 2018 - The Mythical Fjord by BrianScrivner