Greenlandic people in Denmark

Greenlandic Danes are residents of Denmark with Greenlandic or indigenous Greenlandic Inuit background and descent. There are 18.563 people of Greenlandic descent living in Denmark.[1]

Greenlandic Dane
Kalaallit-danskit
Total population
18.563[1]
Regions with significant populations
Copenhagen, Odense, Aalborg, Aarhus
Languages
Greenlandic, Danish
Religion
Predominantly Lutheran
See Religion in Denmark
Related ethnic groups
Greenlanders, Danes, Danish Greenlanders, Greenlandic Americans, Danish Americans, Danish Canadians, Danish Australian, Scandinavian Americans, European Americans
Other Inuit ethnic groups

Statistics

In 2020, 16.770 people born in Greenland were recorded in Denmark, a figure almost one third the population of Greenland.[2]

On average each year, not fewer than 316 Greenlanders move to Denmark from Greenland, which is about 0.5% of the Greenlandic population.[3]

Community

There are four Greenlandic Houses in Denmark in resp. Aalborg, Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen. The houses help Greenlanders in Denmark through social work, interpreting services and cultural communication.

Indigenous rights
Main article: Human rights in Denmark § Indigenous rights

Denmark has one officially recognized Indigenous group, the Inuit - the Greenlandic Inuit of Greenland and the indigenous Greenlandic people residing in Denmark. Despite there being around 70.000 people living and identifying as an Inuk person, there is no official state registry defining the Inuit people as Indigenous nor as a distinct people in the Kingdom of Denmark.

In Denmark the Greenlandic Inuit have indigenous status[4] in the means of ILO-convention 169 and have the same rights as everyone else with Citizenship of the Realm of Denmark. But people with a Greenlandic Inuit background face a number of challenges in relation to enjoying equal treatment and opportunities as to other nationals of the realm.[5] Greenlanders are not considered an ethnic minority, although some experience special linguistic, cultural and social challenges in Danish society in line with citizens with an ethnic minority background.

On 18 January 1996, Denmark ratified the international Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (ILO-convention 169)[6] and voted in favour on the adoption of the proposal of the international Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on 13 September 2007.[7]

Congregation

The Greenlandic congregation in Denmark has approx. 16,000 members who live scattered in all 5 regions in Denmark, from all of Jutland, Funen to Falster and Bornholm. A Greenlandic priest conduct services, church services and pastoral care in both Greenlandic and Danish.[8] In Denmark, there are currently two Greenlandic priests. One of the priests serve all Greenlanders in Denmark and are domiciled in the Diocese of Aarhus. The other priest is based in Copenhagen and serves Greenlanders who are on involuntary residence in Denmark. They congregation has applied for 1 additional position for the general pastoral work. In addition, the congregation is in the process of applying for permission to establish a parish council for Greenlanders in Denmark.[9] Greenlandic service is held on the first Sunday of the month in Copenhagen[10] primarily at Helligåndskirken.

Racism

The Greenlandic population in the ghetto area Gellerup in Aarhus was subjected to racism in 2008, where Arab and Somali immigrants exercised massive harassment against the Greenlandic local population, which led to the holding of a number of Greenlandic activities in the district had to be stopped. [11]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Grønlændere bosiddende i Danmark (Danish)" (PDF). Statistics Denmark. 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  2. "BEF5G: PEOPLE BORN IN GREENLAND AND LIVING IN DENMARK 1. JANUARY BY SEX, AGE AND PARENTS PLACE OF BIRTH" (in Danish and English). Statistics Denmark. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. "Greenlanders in Denmark". Statistics Greenland. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  4. "Bekendtgørelse af ILO-konvention nr. 169 af 28. juni 1989 vedrørende oprindelige folk og stammefolk i selvstændige stater". Retsinformation.dk. 9 October 1997.
  5. Equal treatment of Greenlandic persons in Denmark conducted for the Danish Institute for Human Rights by the National Centre for Social Research, 15 May 2015.
  6. "Ratifications for Denmark" ilo.org
  7. Indigenous rights outlined by UN Archived September 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 13 September 2007.
  8. The Greenlandic priest in Denmark
  9. Greenlandic priest in Denmark
  10. Greenlandic services
  11. Greenlanders displaced after racist attacks - Aarhus (danish)|stiften.dk
  12. Anders Fjeldberg (3 August 2017). "UCPH scientists confirm the oldest life on earth". University Post (University of Copenhagen). Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  13. M. Rosing; et al. (3 August 2017). "Elements of Eoarchean life trapped in mineral inclusions". Nature. 548 (7665): 78–81. doi:10.1038/nature23261. PMID 28738409.


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