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Siumut deputy chairman runs for the Danish Parliament

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Ineqi Kielsen har meldt sit kandidatur til Folketinget.
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Published on Friday 27 Feb 2026 07:53

  • Siumut Deputy Chairman to Run for Parliament

    Siumut is now presenting another candidate for Parliament.

    This is 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 Parliament:

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

    - The Parliament 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 for the 2019 general election, where he received 805 votes.

  • Elvira Kûitse will not run again

    The deputy for Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (N) in the last parliamentary term will not run again when the general election is scheduled for March 24.

    – No, I won't, Elvira Kûitse writes briefly to Sermitsiaq's question about whether she is on the ballot for Naleraq.

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

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

  • Confirmed: Aki-Matilda is also leaving the Folketing

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

    On Thursday, Aaja Chemnitz (IA) announced that she would not run again, and on Thursday evening, party chairwoman in Naleraq Pele Broberg announced that Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam would 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 Folketing, partly because she is now also a member of Inatsisartut, where she will use her strength.

  • - The challenges have not diminished

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

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

    - I have decided not to run for the Folketing. 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 that is why I will use my energy and time to focus on them. That is why 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.

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