List of political parties in Greenland

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.