Naleraq presents its first candidate

Najannguaq Hegelund is running for the General Election for Naleraq. Naleraq announces this in a press release.

Najannguaq Hegelund, 37 years old, is running for Naleraq to fight for the rights of Greenlandic citizens in Denmark.

Through her association work over the past 8 years, Najannguaq Hegelund has seen how Greenlandic parents can be misunderstood in the Danish system. In the Folketing, she will work together with parties to ensure that Greenlandic children are not forcibly removed from their parents unlawfully:

- My experience shows that in order to achieve results for Greenlanders, we must set clear demands, not give up and first and foremost put Greenlanders first instead of just blindly following Denmark, says Najannguaq Hegelund.

- I have repeatedly seen that Greenlanders are left alone. I want to emphasize strongly that everyone has legal certainty, this also applies to Greenlanders, she says.

On Monday, March 9, Naleraq will present their candidates to the Folketing. It will be at a press conference on Monday at 1:30 p.m.

Orla Joelsen is known for her opposition to the US's desire to take over Greenland.

Now he is entering politics as a candidate for the general election.

Orla Joelsen writes on Facebook that he has decided to run for the general election for Atassut.

Orla Joelsen has been a prominent voice on the social media X, where he has been very active in arguing against President Donald Trump's desire to take over Greenland.

On X, Orla Joelsen has built up a large following with just over 86,000 followers.

In 2025, Orla Joelsen was the organizer behind a large demonstration that took place in Nuuk on March 15 against the US.

On Thursday at 1:30 p.m., Siumut has called a press conference.

At the press conference, the party will present Siumut's election program for the general election and all candidates running for Siumut.

The party has launched a number of candidates. These are Ane Lone Bagger, Najaaraq Møller, Ineqi Kielsen, Aka Hansen, Doris J. Jensen and Erika Nielsen Baadh.

On Friday afternoon, Inuit Ataqatigiit will reveal the party's election program and candidates for the Folketing.

This is stated in a press release by the party.

The presentation will take place at Hotel Nordbo at 2 p.m. Friday in Nuuk.

Since 2015, Aaja Chemnitz has managed to be elected to the Danish Parliament for IA, but she has decided not to run again.

On Friday, it will be revealed who will try to carry on the legacy of Aaja Chemnitz, who received 4,296 votes in the last general election in 2022, corresponding to 22 percent of all votes cast.

The general election will be held on March 24, and apart from IA, Naleraq and Demokraatit have not presented candidates either.

Doris J. Jensen confirms to Sermitsiaq that she is running for the Danish Parliament.

– Yes, I decided to run for the Danish Parliament last week, says Doris J. Jensen.

She is not new to the world of politics. She sat in the Folketing from 2011 to 2015. In addition, she has previously been a member of both Naalakkersuisut and Inatsisartut, but was not elected to Inatsisartut in the elections last year.

Today she sits on the municipal council of Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, while Kim Kielsen is on leave from the municipal council.

Doris J. Jensen is a teacher at Atuarfik Hans Lynge for the oldest students, but she is sure that she has something to contribute if she is elected to the Folketing.

– While we are at the center of the world, it is important that there are people with knowledge and experience who stand for election. I am glad that there are also several new candidates running for Siumut. It is our hallmark at Siumut that we come up with both new and experienced candidates.

– The most important thing for me is that it has never been more important to defend our country, in a time when there is much unrest in the world.

There are now a total of six candidates for the Folketing from Siumut.

On the occasion of Aaja Chemnitz not running again in the parliamentary elections, Inuit Ataqatigiit is holding a coffee meeting for the politician on Thursday.

Aaja Chemnitz has been in the Folketing for IA since 2015:

- We therefore want to express our sincere gratitude for her great efforts and commitment as an elected official. , writes Inuit Ataqatigiit on Facebook.

The coffee meeting will be held at Hotel Nordbo in Nuuk from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 18.

Candidate for the parliamentary election for Siumut, Aka Hansen, wants to work for greater legal certainty for Greenlandic parents in Denmark, she writes in a press release.

- Greenlandic parents experience being assessed and judged in a system that neither understands their linguistic nor cultural background, writes Aka Hansen and continues:

- When a system repeatedly produces decisions that are experienced as incomprehensible and unfair by those involved, then it is not the families who are at fault. Then it is the system.

In recent years, several cases of forced removal of children from Greenlandic parents in Denmark have created great public debate and protests against the situation.

Aka Hansen writes that legal certainty is a fundamental right, and that Greenlandic parents in Denmark should be met with “the same respect, the same professionalism and the same legal protection as all other citizens.”

Najaaraq Møller has been a member of Inatsisartut and has worked to promote the self-determination of Greenlanders in their own country and participated in debates.

She is now running for the Folketing. Siumut writes this in a press release.

- It has become more important than ever to defend the self-determination of the Greenlandic people in the Folketing, she says.

In the press release, Najaaraq Møller emphasizes the growing interest in Greenland from the international community.

- Therefore, it has become extremely important that we Greenlanders protect our self-determination to a greater extent. At the same time, the time has come for us to cooperate with other countries to spread and promote our interests.

She is running for the Folketing to work for the Greenlandic population to have a better position than today.

Siumut is now presenting another candidate for the Folketing.

This concerns the political deputy chairman of the party, Ineqi Kielsen.

Ineqi Kielsen writes in a press release about his candidacy that he wants to be a clear voice in the Folketing:

- If Greenland is to move responsibly towards greater self-determination, it requires that we take responsibility in the institutions where power currently lies.

- The Folketing is one of them, writes Ineqi Kielsen.

He believes that the debate about Greenland in Denmark is often simplified and reduced to a question of block grants. The reality is more complex, he writes:

- Greenland contributes to Denmark's geopolitical position. Greenland is central to NATO's Arctic strategy. Greenland gives Denmark a global relevance that far exceeds the country's size, says the politician.

Ineqi Kielsen also ran in the 2019 parliamentary election, where he received 805 votes.

The substitute for Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (N) in the last parliamentary term will not run again when the parliamentary elections are scheduled for March 24.

– No, I will not, Elvira Kûitse writes briefly in response to Sermitsiaq's question whether she is on the ballot for Naleraq.

Elvira Kûitse entered the Parliament in the fall of 2025, when Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam took leave to attend to her political work in Inatsisartut. This made her the first East Greenlander in the Parliament.

Kûitse received 120 personal votes in the 2022 parliamentary election. Like Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam, she ran for Siumut at the time, but later switched to Naleraq.

It is now certain that Greenland will have two new members of the Folketing.

On Thursday, Aaja Chemnitz (IA) announced that she will not run again, and on Thursday evening, party chairwoman in Naleraq Pele Broberg announced that Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam will not run again either.

The party chairwoman thanks Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam for her work:

- We see you. We appreciate you. We support you 100% in your decision not to run again, writes Pele Broberg on Facebook.

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam has previously announced that she would not run again for the Folketinget, partly because she is now also a member of Inatsisartut, where she will use her strength.

In a video on TikTok from Thursday evening, Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam tells more about her decision:

- Right now I am in Uummannaq, and you have probably heard that there are elections for the Folketinget. I just want to say it so that everyone is on board:

- I have decided not to run for the Folketinget. Therefore, I would like to thank everyone who has supported me. We have achieved a lot. I am absolutely certain that the next members will also do everything for their work, Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam says in the video, among other things, and continues:

- The challenges in our country have not diminished, and therefore I will use my energy and time to focus on them. Therefore, I would also like to thank my colleagues in the Folketing, including Aaja. Even though we do not always agree, I would like to thank you for the good cooperation we have had.

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam ran for the 2022 parliamentary election for Siumut. She received a landslide election with a total of 6,670 votes, corresponding to 33 percent of all votes cast in the election.

In February 2025, leading up to the Inatsisartut election, she switched parties from Siumut to Naleraq.