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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 Greenlandic independence Left-wing nationalism	Left-wing	Múte Bourup Egede	12 / 31	32 / 81	1 / 2
		Forward Siumut	S	Social democracy Greenlandic independence Third Way	Centre-left	Erik Jensen	10 / 31	31 / 81	1 / 2
		Point of Orientation Naleraq	N	Greenlandic independence Unilateralism Populism	Centre	Hans Enoksen	4 / 31	8 / 81	0 / 2
		Solidarity Atassut	A	Liberal conservatism Market liberalism Nordic agrarianism Greenlandic unionism	Centre-right	Aqqalu Jerimiassen	2 / 31	6 / 81	0 / 2
		Democrats Demokraatit	D	Liberalism Greenlandic unionism Pro-Europeanism Populism	Centre to centre-right	Jens Frederik Nielsen	3 / 31	4 / 81	0 / 2
		Cooperation Party Suleqatigiissitsisut	SA	Greenlandic unionism Social liberalism Economic liberalism	Centre-right	Michael Rosing	0 / 31	0 / 81	0 / 2
		Descendants of Our Country Nunatta Qitornai	NQ	Greenlandic independence Separatism	Centre-left	Vittus Qujaukitsoq	0 / 31	0 / 81	0 / 2

Dissolved parties

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

References

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4. Greenland independence on hold in snap election
5. ^ Loukacheva, Natalia (2007). The Arctic Promise: Legal and Political Autonomy of Greenland and Nunavut. University of Toronto Press. p. 55.
6. Christina Bergqvist (1 January 1999). Equal Democracies?: Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 319. ISBN 978-82-00-12799-4.
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8. Europe Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. Kogan Page Publishers. 2003. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-7494-4067-1.
9. "Ideology". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
10. "Rigsfælleskabet". Demokraatit (in Danish). 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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v t e Political parties in Greenland
Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective parliaments.
Inatsisartut	Government Inuit Ataqatigiit (12) Siumut (10) Supporting Atassut (2) Opposition Naleraq (4) Demokraatit (3)
Folketing	Inuit Ataqatigiit (1) Siumut (1)
Unrepresented	Cooperation Party Nunatta Qitornai
Defunct	Association of Candidates Centre Party Inuit Party Labour Party Polar Party Roots Party Sukaq Women's Party
Politics of Greenland See also: Politics of Denmark and the Faroe Islands Portal:Politics List of political parties

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