List of political parties in Greenland

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

Active parties

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
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Dissolved parties

References

  1. ↑ "Ideology". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Ideology". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Erhverv". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Rigsfælleskabet". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ "EU". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.
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