List of political parties in Greenland

This is a list of political parties in Greenland, as of 25 April 2018. Greenland has a multi-party system.

Active parties
Logo Name Abbr. Ideology Position Leader MPs
Inatsisartut
(Parliament of Greenland)		 Folketing
(Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark)
Forward
Siumut		 S Social democracy
Greenlandic independence
Third way		 Centre-left Kim Kielsen 10 1
Community of the People
Inuit Ataqatigiit		 IA Democratic socialism[1][2]
Greenlandic independence[2][3]
Left-wing nationalism		 Left-wing Sara Olsvig 8 1
Democrats
Demokraatit		 D Liberalism[4]
Social liberalism[4]
Economic liberalism[5]
Greenlandic unionism[6]
Pro-Europeanism[7]
Populism[8]		 Centre[9] to Centre-right[10] Niels Thomsen 6 0
Point of Orientation Party
Partii Naleraq		 PN Centrism
Greenlandic independence
Populism[11]		 Centre Hans Enoksen 3 0
Solidarity
Atassut		 A Liberal conservatism[10][12][13]
Market liberalism
Nordic agrarianism
Greenlandic unionism		 Centre-right to Right-wing Aqqalu Jerimiassen 2 0
Cooperation Party
Suleqatigiissitsisut		 SA Greenlandic unionism
Social liberalism[14]
Economic liberalism		 Centre-right[15] Michael Rosing 1 0
Descendants of Our Country
Nunatta Qitornai		 NQ Greenlandic independence
Separatism		 Centre-left Vittus Qujaukitsoq 1 0

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Dissolved parties

References
  1. "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.
  2. Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
  3. "Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election". Agence France-Presse. The Times of India. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  4. "Ideology". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  5. "Erhverv". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  6. "Rigsfælleskabet". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  7. "EU". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  8. Dahl, Jens (2006). "Greenland". The Indigenous World 2006. IWGIA. p. 34.
  9. Lansford, Tom, ed. (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. CQ Press. p. 393.
  10. Loukacheva, Natalia (2007). The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut. University of Toronto Press. p. 55.
  11. Greenland independence on hold in snap election
  12. 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.
  13. Maher, Joanne, ed. (2008). The Europa World Year Book 2008. Taylor & Francis. p. 1552.
  14. "Michael Rosing på vej med nyt parti". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  15. Schultz-Nielsen, Jørgen (12 March 2018). "Samarbejdspartiet: Alle må yde for at alle kan nyde". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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