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Greenland Government Reject Inuit Registration

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the leader of the Greenlandic government Naalakkersuisut, is agaist data registration of the indigenous population in Greenland.

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The Government of Greenland oppose a proposed Inuit register, calling it discriminatory. A decisive vote now waits until autumn 2026.

Trine Jonassen Trine Jonassen Editor-in-Chief

Published 8 June 2026 - 11:20

In the beginning of June, The Parliament of Greenland - Inatsisartut - considered a proposal regarding a “data-based registration of the indigenous population of Greenland, ‘Inuit,’” which was put forward by the leader of the Naleraq party, Pele Broberg.

This is reported by Sermitsiaq.

The Greenland Government - Naalakkersuisut - did not agree. PM of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen (D) said that Naalakkersuisut would not accept citizens to be discriminated against on the basis of gender, ethnicity and religion.

The Greenland Government thus recommended the proposal for rejection.

The proposal will therefore proceed to a second reading in its current form without committee processing. This will happen during the autumn session of 2026, where the proposal will be voted on.

Nivi Rosing (IA) pointed out that Greenland does not need an Inuit register because Inuit are more than half of the population, whereas indigenous peoples in Canada and elsewhere are in the minority.

Naleraq, however, believe that the register is about protecting Greenland and living up to international law.

Pele Broberg (N) has previously proposed a register of Inuit based on voluntary registration and associated electoral register, in 2022 and 2023.