Katti Frederiksen Explained

Katti Frederiksen
Birth Date:12 March 1982
Birth Place:Narsaq, Greenland
Office:Minister of Education, Culture and Church of Greenland
Term Start:5 November 2020
Term End:23 April 2021
Predecessor:Ane Lone Bagger
Party:Siumut

Katti Frederiksen (born 12 March 1982)[1] is a Greenlandic writer, poet, linguist and politician (Siumut).

Biography

Frederiksen was born in 1982 to sheep farmer Sofus Frederiksen and politician Suka K. Frederiksen (1965–2020).[1] She grew up in Narsaq,[2] but moved to Nuuk in 2004 to study language, literature and media at the University of Greenland. After completing her bachelor's degree in 2007, she obtained her candidate's degree there in 2011, partly after a stay abroad at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. From 2007 to 2008, Frederiksen worked as a Greenlandic language high school teacher. From 2008 to 2015, she worked at Oqaasileriffik, which she then took over until 2020.[3] She is the owner of the children's book publishing house Iperaq. From 2018 to 2020 she ran a café in Nuuk.[1]

In 2006, Frederiksen published the collection of poems and novellas Uummatima kissaa (Warmness of my heart). In 2012, she published her second volume of poetry, 100% Eskimo Inuk.[4] Her poems deal with the Greenlandic language and the Greenlanders' sense of identity.[5]

On 5 November 2020, she was appointed Minister for Education, Culture and Church in the Kielsen VIII Cabinet, succeeding Ane Lone Bagger, who had resigned in the summer, without having previously stood as a candidate in elections.[6]

Personal life

Frederiksen is the mother of three children.[3] She is also one of the best marathon runners in the country.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sukas datter indtager Naalakkersuisut. Sermitsiaq.
  2. Web site: Kirsten Thisted. Mine digte er også en form for oprør! ...interview med Katti Frederiksen. Tidsskriftet Grønland.
  3. Web site: CV. https://web.archive.org/web/20210419030310/https://naalakkersuisut.gl/da/Naalakkersuisut/Medlemmer-af-Naalakkersuisut/Katti-Frederiksen . 19 April 2021. Naalakkersuisut.
  4. Web site: Katti Frederiksen. fynsvaerk.dk.
  5. Book: Kanonisk selskabsleg i nordisk litteratur . Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo, Hanus Kamban, Tungutaq Larsen, Rawnda Carita Eira, Leo Löthman, Gerdur Kristný . . Copenhagen . 2013 . 9789289326605 . 235 .
  6. News: Sukas datter indtager Naalakkersuisut . 22 February 2021 . Sermitsiaq . 5 November 2020.