List of political parties in Greenland explained

This is a list of political parties in Greenland, as of 20 April 2021. Greenland has a multi-party system.

Active parties

Logo	Name	Abbr.	Ideology	Position	Leader	Representation
	Inatsisartut					Municipalities	Folketing (Greenland seats)
		Community of the People Inuit Ataqatigiit	IA	Democratic socialism^[1] ^[2] Greenlandic independence^[3] Left-wing nationalism	Left-wing	Múte Bourup Egede
		Forward Siumut	S	Social democracy Greenlandic independence Third Way	Centre-left	Erik Jensen
		Point of Orientation Naleraq	N	Greenlandic independence Unilateralism Populism^[4]	Centre	Hans Enoksen
		Solidarity Atassut	A	Liberal conservatism^[5] ^[6] Market liberalism Nordic agrarianism Greenlandic unionism	Centre-right^[7]	Aqqalu Jerimiassen
		Democrats Demokraatit	D	Liberalism^[8] Greenlandic unionism^[9] Pro-Europeanism^[10] Populism^[11]	Centre^[12] to centre-right^[13]	Jens Frederik Nielsen
		Cooperation Party Suleqatigiissitsisut	SA	Greenlandic unionism Social liberalism^[14] Economic liberalism	Centre-right^[15]	Michael Rosing
		Descendants of Our Country Nunatta Qitornai	NQ	Greenlandic independence Separatism	Centre-left	Vittus Qujaukitsoq

Dissolved parties

• Sukaq
• Labour Party
• Women's Party
• Polar Party
• Centre Party (Greenland)
• Roots Party
• Association of Candidates
• People's Party

Notes and References

1. News: Greenland wakes up to first power shift in 30 years . . 3 June 2009 . 4 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608164733/http://www.cphpost.dk/news/politics/90-politics/45828-greenland-wakes-up-to-first-power-shift-in-30-years.html . 8 June 2009 .
2. http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/greenland.html Parties and Elections in Europe - The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
3. Web site: Pro-independence party wins Greenland parliament election . . . 3 June 2009 . 4 June 2009.
4. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141126/greenland-independence-on-back-burner-in-snap-election Greenland independence on hold in snap election
5. Book: Christina Bergqvist. Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. 1 January 1999. Nordic Council of Ministers. 978-82-00-12799-4. 319.
6. Book: Joanne . Maher . The Europa World Year Book 2008 . Taylor & Francis . 2008 . 1552.
7. Book: Europe Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. 2003. Kogan Page Publishers. 978-0-7494-4067-1. 163.
8. News: Ideology . . 2014 . da . 1 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141224144505/http://www.demokraatit.gl/da-dk/politik/partiprogram/ideologi.aspx . 24 December 2014 . live.
9. News: Rigsfælleskabet . . 2014 . da . 1 December 2014.
10. News: EU . . 2014 . da . 1 December 2014.
11. Book: Dahl, Jens . Greenland . The Indigenous World 2006 . IWGIA . 2006 . 34.
12. Book: Tom . Lansford . Political Handbook of the World 2014 . CQ Press . 2014 . 393.
13. Book: Loukacheva, Natalia . The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut . University of Toronto Press . 2007 . 55.
14. News: Michael Rosing på vej med nyt parti. da. 19 January 2018. 25 March 2018. sermitsiaq.ag.
15. News: Schultz-Nielsen. Jørgen. Samarbejdspartiet: Alle må yde for at alle kan nyde. da. 12 March 2018. 25 March 2018. sermitsiaq.ag.