Danish people in Greenland

Danish Greenlander
Dansk-grønlændere
Danish family in Sisimiut, 1854
Total population
Approx. 6,348
Languages
Greenlandic, Danish, West Greenlandic Pidgin (extinct)
Religion
Predominantly Lutheran
See Religion in Greenland
Related ethnic groups
Danes, Greenlanders, Greenlandic Dane, Greenlandic Americans, Danish Americans, Danish Canadians, Danish Australian, Scandinavian Americans, European Americans

Danish Greenlanders are ethnic Danes residing in Greenland and their descendants.

Danish Greenlanders are a minority ethnic group in Greenland, accounting for around 11% of the territory's population.[1] Greenlandic Inuit (including mixed-race persons) make up approximately 85%–90% of the total (2009 estimate).

Attracted by good employment opportunities with high wages, many Danes settled in the town of Nuuk during the 1990s. Nuuk has the highest proportion of Danes of any town in Greenland.[2]

  1. ^ "CIA – The World Factbook – Greenland". CIA. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  2. ^ O'Hara, Kevin; Trueman, Peter (2003). South Greenland: An Arctic Paradise. Kevin O'Hara. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-1-894673-12-9.