List of political parties in Greenland

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This is a list of political parties in Greenland. Greenland has a multi-party system.

Active parties[edit]

Party Abbr. Ideology Political position Leader Government/Opposition MPs
Inatsisartut
(Parliament of Greenland)
Folketing
(Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark)
Forward
(Social Democrats)
Siumut
S Social democracy
Third way
Greenlandic independence
Centre-Left
Left-wing
Kim Kielsen Government 11 1
Democrats
(Greenland's Liberal Party)
Demokraatit
D Liberalism[1]
Social liberalism[2]
Economic liberalism[3]
Greenlandic Unionism[4]
Pro-Europeanism[5]
Populism[6]
Centre[7]
Centre-right[8]
Randi Vestergaard Evaldsen Government 4 0
Solidarity
(Liberal Party of Greenland)
Atassut
A Liberal conservatism[8][9][10]
Market liberalism
Nordic agragarianism
Greenlandic unionism
Right-wing Knud Kristiansen Government 2 0
Inuit Community
(Community of the People)
Inuit Ataqatigiit
IA Democratic socialism[11][12]
Greenlandic independence[12][13]
Left-wing nationalism
Centre-left
Left-wing
Sara Olsvig Opposition 11 1
Naleraq Party
(Point of Orientation Party)
Partii Naleraq
PN Far Left
Left-wing
Hans Enoksen Opposition 3 0
Inuit Party
Partii Inuit
PI Eco-socialism
Separatism
Linguicism
Left-wing nationalism
Far left
Left-wing
Nikku Olsen Unrepresented 0 0

Dissolved parties[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ideology". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. 
  2. ^ "Ideology". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. 
  3. ^ "Erhverv". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. 
  4. ^ "Rigsfælleskabet". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. 
  5. ^ "EU". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. 
  6. ^ Dahl, Jens (2006). "Greenland". The Indigenous World 2006. IWGIA. p. 34. 
  7. ^ Lansford, Tom, ed. (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. CQ Press. p. 393. 
  8. ^ a b Loukacheva, Natalia (2007). The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut. University of Toronto Press. p. 55. 
  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. ^ "Greenland wakes up to first power shift in 30 years". The Copenhagen Post. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 
  12. ^ a b Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  13. ^ "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse. The Times of India. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.