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Aasiaat Museum
Type: |
Museum |
Address: |
PO Box 41, DK-3950 Aasiaat |
Telephone: |
+299-42597. |

Aatsitassalerinermut Allaffik [Mineral Resources Office, Greenland Government]
Type: |
Organisation |
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[Mineral Resources Office, Greenland Government] |
Address: |
PO Box 1015, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-23000 |
Fax: |
+299-24302 |
Year of foundation: |
1994 |
Activities: |
Provides information to Greenland Government and Greenlandic communities relating to minerals prospecting and development; and to mining and oil companies concerning operating conditions in Greenland. See also Minerals Resources Administration for Greenland. |

Ammassalik Museum

Arctic Station
Type: |
Organisation |
Address: |
DK-3953 Qeqertarsuaq/Godhavn |
Telephone: |
+45-1-35-322160 |
Fax: |
+45-1-33-139104 |
Year of foundation: |
1906 |
Activities: |
Research institute under the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Copenhagen. The major research fields are botany, zoology, geomorphology and geology. Library. |
Publications: |
Danish Arctic Station on Disko Island, Greenland. Publications (1967-) [continues Dansk Arktisk Station paa Disko. Arbejder (1910?-67)] |

Aversuup Katersugaasivia [Qaanaq/Thule Museum]
Type: |
Museum |
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[Qaanaq/Thule Museum] |
Address: |
Qaanaq |

Forsoegstationen 'Upernaviarsuk' [Experimental Station 'Uper']
Type: |
Organisation |
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[Experimental Station 'Uper'] |
Address: |
PO Box 152, DK-3920, Qaqortoq |
Telephone: |
+299-38006 |
Fax: |
+299-38006 |
Activities: |
Independent research station study potential for sheep rearing, fodder crops and gardening in a polar environment. |

Greenland Home Rule Government
Type: |
Organisation |
Website: |
www.gh.gl |
Address: |
PO Box 1015, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-23000 |
Fax: |
+299-25002 |
Year of foundation: |
1979 |
Activities: |
Set up under the Home Rule Act (1978) to legislate and govern all of Greenland's internal affairs within the Kingdom of Denmark. |

Greenland Technological Society
Type: |
Organisation |
Activities: |
[Sister organization to Danish Society for Arctic Technology] |

Greenland Tourism a/s
Type: |
Organisation |
Address: |
Head Office, PO Box 1552, Hans Egdesvej 29, #DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+45-33-136975 |
Fax: |
+45-33-933883 |
Year of foundation: |
1992 |
Activities: |
Wholly owned by the Greenland Home-Rule Government with responsibilities for the development and organization of the tourist industry. |
Publications: |
Travel News from Greenland (1995-, 4pa); tourist brochures. |

Greenlandic Medical Association
Type: |
Organisation |
Address: |
Nanortalik Sygehus, DK-3922 Nanortalik |
Telephone: |
+299-33211 |
Fax: |
+299-33512 |
Activities: |
organizes Nuna Med conferences (1991-, every three years) |

Greenlandic Place Names Committee
Type: |
Organisation |
Address: |
PO Box 1029, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |

Groenlandica
Type: |
Library |
Website: |
www.groenlandica.gl |
Address: |
Groenlandica,
Imaneq 26,
Box 1011,
DK 3900 Godthaab,
Greenland |
E-mail: |
groenlandica@katak.gl |
Telephone: |
+299-38-56-30 |
Notes: |
Groenlandica is the name of the National Library of Greenland in Greenlandic, Danish and English. Groenlandica is a branch of the Central Public Library (Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia in Greenlandic, Groenlands Landsbibliotek in Danish). The head of Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia is Elisa Petersen.
Groenlandica Collection re-established after former collection was destroyed in a fire in 1968. Lately there has been a growing emphasis on the anthropological/sociological aspects of the Inuit populations of the Arctic. With Home Rule in Greenland starting in 1980 the Groenlandica collections have become the "National Library" of Greenland - containing most of the material published in Greenland.
DESCRIPTION OF POLAR COLLECTION: Books in Greenlandic (Eskimo/Inuit languages) - approximately 4,500 volumes. Books on Greenland and the rest of the Arctic area - very general and broad coverage. Books on Inuit of the Arctic, especially anthropological/sociological aspects. Printed Brochure Available: Yes, in Danish and Greenlandic. Size of Polar Collection: Books: 17,000. Periodical Titles: Not registered separately. Pamphlets and Reprints: Not registered separately. Phono-records: ca. 50. Audio tapes: ca. 500 - not yet registered.
USER SERVICES: Classification System Used: Danish Decimal Classification, modified to our collections. Users Policy: Students and scholars from outside the institution are free to use the polar library collection. Circulation Policy: Material available on loan to anyone. A number of books are for use in the library only. Interlibrary Loan Policy: No charges. Copying Facilities: Photocopies supplied of material not for loan. Charge imposed only if the amount of copies exceeds 25 - one Danish krone per copy. Additional Comments: The Library has occasionally published books suitable for use in public libraries in Greenland. These books are in Greenlandic.
IN-HOUSE DATABASES: DDE (Dansk Data Elektronik) |

Groenlands Fiskeriundersoegelser (GF) [Greenland Fisheries Research Institute (GFRI)]
Type: |
Organisation |
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[Greenland Fisheries Research Institute (GFRI)] |
Address: |
PO Box 570, 3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+45-31-854444 |
Fax: |
+45-35-821850 |
Year of foundation: |
1946 |
Activities: |
Fisheries science and biology of marine mammals, fish and invertebrates. |

Groenlands Forundersoegelser / Misissueqqaarnerit [Greenland Field Investigations]
Type: |
Organisation |
|
[Greenland Field Investigations] |
Address: |
Head Office, Mestervej 8, PO Box 1003, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+45-31-383055 |
Fax: |
+45-35-430830 |
Year of foundation: |
1961 [formerly part of the Technical Organization of Greenland] |
Activities: |
Has primary responsibility for the collection of hydrological and climatological data in Greenland. Also responsible for surveying and mapping activities. |
Publications: |
Klima-Info (1992-, 13pa) |

Groenlandsbanken A/S [Bank of Greenland]
Type: |
Organisation |
|
[Bank of Greenland] |
Address: |
29 Skibshavnsvej, PO Box 1033, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-21380 |
Fax: |
+299-23032 |
Activities: |
In addition to Nuuk, has branches at Sisimiut, Qaqortoq, Ilulissat, Maniitsoq and Nuussuaq. |

Groenlandsfly A/S [Greenlandair Charter A/S]
Type: |
Organisation |
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[Greenlandair Charter A/S] |
Address: |
PO Box 1012, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-28-888 |
Fax: |
+299-27-288 |
Year of foundation: |
1960 |
Activities: |
Charter airline operating out of Nuuk and Copenhagen. |

Ilisimatusarfik / The Greenland University
Type: |
Organisation |
Website: |
http://chapman.sprl.db.erau.edu |
Address: |
PO Box 279, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-24-566 |
Fax: |
+299-24-711 |
Year of foundation: |
1984 |
Activities: |
Undergraduate- and Masters-level courses focusing on Greenland and the Arctic taught in 3 institutes: Greenlandic Language and Literature; History, Ethnology and Prehistory; and Administration and Economy. |
Publications: |
Groenland Kultur- og Samfundsforskning (1992-, annual) |

Ilisimatusarfik University of Greenland Library

Kalaallit Atuakkiortut [Greenlandic Authors' Society]
Type: |
Organisation |
|
[Greenlandic Authors' Society] |
Address: |
PO Box 43, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-23-475 |
Year of foundation: |
1975 |

Kalaallit Niuerfiat (KNI) [Greenland Trade]
Type: |
Organisation |
|
[Greenland Trade] |
Address: |
PO Box 1008, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Year of foundation: |
1776 [Until 1985 Kongelige Groenlanske Handel (Royal Greenland Trading Company)] |
Activities: |
Greenland-owned company now divided into three independent companies: KNI Service Inc, KNI Retail Inc. and Royal Arctic Line Inc. (the latter is a shipping company owned jointly with Lauritzen). |

Kalaallit Nunaanni Angalatitsivik / Groenlands Rejsebureau A/S [Greenland Travel]
Type: |
Organisation |
|
[Greenland Travel] |
Address: |
PO Box 330, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-43-455 |
Fax: |
+299-23-369 |
Activities: |
Greenlandic-owned and based travel agency. Other branches are in Ilulissat/Jakobshavn and Copenhagen. |

Kalaallit Nunaanni Naatsorsueqqissaartarfik / Groenlands Statistisk [Greenland Statistics]
Type: |
Organisation |
|
[Greenland Statistics] |
Website: |
www.statgreen.gl |
Address: |
PO Box 1025, DK-3900, Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-23-000 |
Fax: |
+299-22-954 |
Year of foundation: |
1989 |
Publications: |
Greenland - Kalaallit Nunaat (1991-, annual); also, other statistical series and reports. |

Kalallit Nunaat Aalisartut Pinartullu Kattufiat (KNAPK) [Greenland Association of Fishermen and Hunters]
Type: |
Organisation |
|
[Greenland Association of Fishermen and Hunters] |

Kangerlussuaq International Science Support (KISS)
Type: |
Organisation |
Website: |
www.greenland-guide.dk/kangerlussuaq |
Address: |
PO Box 109, DK-3910 Kangerlussuaq |
Telephone: |
+299-11107 |
Fax: |
+299-11472 |
Year of foundation: |
1994 |
Activities: |
Provides accommodation, laboratories, offices and other facilities for researchers. Booking available through the Danish Polar Center. |

Maniitsup Katersugaasivia [Maniitsoq Museum]
Type: |
Museum |
|
[Maniitsoq Museum] |
Website: |
www.maniitsoqmuseum.info |
Contact name: |
Peter Nygaard |
Address: |
Illunnguit 11, P.O. Box 318, GL-3912 Maniitsoq, Greenland |
E-mail: |
manmuseum@qeqqata.gl |
Telephone: |
+299 81 31 00 |
Open to the public? / Opening hours: |
Tuesday-Thursday 11.00-16.00 |
Year of foundation: |
1980 |
Collections: |
Cultural history |

Nanortallip Katersugaasivia [Nanortalik Museum]
Type: |
Museum |
|
[Nanortalik Museum] |
Address: |
DK-3922 Nanortalik |

Narsaq Museum

Nuna-Tek

Nunani Avannarlerni Piorsarsimassutsikkut Attaveqaat (NAPA) / Nordens Institut i Groenland [Nordic Institute in Greenland]
Type: |
Organisation |
|
[Nordic Institute in Greenland] |
Address: |
PO Box 770, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-24733 |
Fax: |
+299-25733 |
Year of foundation: |
1986 |
Activities: |
Financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers to promote Greenlandic art and cultural life and to foster inter-Nordic cultural relations in all fields. |

Nunatta Atuagaatequarfia / Landsbibliotek Groenlandica [National Library of Greenland]
Type: |
Library |
|
[National Library of Greenland] |
Website: |
www.katak.gl |
Address: |
Imaneq 26,
PO Box 1011,
DK 3900 Nuuk/Godthaab,
Greenland |
E-mail: |
nalib@katak.gl |
Telephone: |
+299-32 11 56 |
Fax: |
+299-32 39 43 |
Year of foundation: |
Founded in 1956, becoming the national library in 1980. The original collection was destroyed in a fire in 1968. |
Publications: |
Groenlandica; catalogue of the Groenlandica-collection in the National Library of Greenland (Hoyer, 1986) |

Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaategarfialu [Greenland National Museum and Archives]
Type: |
Museum |
|
[Greenland National Museum and Archives] |
Address: |
PO Box 145 and 579, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-22-611 |
Fax: |
+299-22-622 |
Year of foundation: |
1966 [formerly known as Kalaallit Nunatta Katersugaasivia] |
Collections: |
Registers, collects, and displays materials concerning Greenland's cultural heritage. Extensive collection of ethnographic and archaeological artefacts for Greenlandic and Norse cultures, also interesting material relating to European missionary and whaling activities. |

Pamiune Katersugausivik [Paamiut Museum]
Type: |
Museum |
|
[Paamiut Museum] |
Address: |
PO Box 99, DK-3940 Paamiut |
Telephone: |
+299-17673 |
Fax: |
+299-17854 |
Year of foundation: |
1981 |

Qaqortoq Museum
Type: |
Museum |
Address: |
PO 154, DK-3920 Qaqortoq |
Telephone: |
+299-38277. |

Qasigiannquit Museum
Type: |
Museum |
Address: |
PO Box 130, DK-3951 Qasigiannguit/Christianshaab |
Fax: |
+299-45477 |
Year of foundation: |
1982 |
Collections: |
Focus on Palaeo-Eskimo prehistory of Disko Bugt with large collections of stone age material from Qeqertasussuk and other sites. Some ethnographic artefacts from colonial period. |

Royal Arctic Line A/S
Type: |
Organisation |
Website: |
www.ral.gl |
Address: |
Head Office, PO Box 1580, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Telephone: |
+299-22420 |
Fax: |
+299-22450 |
Year of foundation: |
1993 |
Activities: |
Set up by J. Lauritzen and the Greenland Government through Kalaallit Niuerfiat to operate ice-strengthened shipping providing regular services to Greenland ports and linking Greenland, Iceland and Denmark. |

Simerneq
Type: |
Organisation |
Address: |
PO Box 1009, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
Year of foundation: |
1979 |
Activities: |
Artists' society organizing exhibitions of works by members (Spring exhibition) and others (Autumn exhibition). |

Sisimiuni Katersugaasivik [Sisimiut Museum]
Type: |
Museum |
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[Sisimiut Museum] |
Address: |
PO Box 308, DK-3911 Sisimiut |
Telephone: |
+299-15087 |
Fax: |
+299-14475 |
Year of foundation: |
1985 |
Collections: |
Community museum. Displays illustrate whaling, trade, shipyards and shipping, fishing industry, and industrial work. Includes the collection of V.C. Frederiksen (ca. 1910). |

Tasiilap Katersugaasivia [Ammassalik Museum]
Type: |
Museum |
|
[Ammassalik Museum] |
Website: |
www.paris.org/Musees/Marine/ |
Address: |
PO Box 112, DK-3913 Tasiilaq |
Telephone: |
+299-981311 |
Fax: |
+299-981711 |
Year of foundation: |
1990 |
Collections: |
Community museum. Fine collection of culture and art objects, masks, tools, costumes, etc. Small collection of paintings by East Greenlandic artists and Danish painter Gitz-Johansen. A number of portrait busts by Eigil Knuth are owned by the museum but housed in the town hall. A traditional peat shed build to replicate those of the early twentieth century may be seen next to the museum. |

Uummannap Katersugaasivia [Uummannap Museum]
Type: |
Museum |
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[Uummannap Museum] |
Address: |
PO Box 70, DK-3961 Uummannaq |
Telephone: |
+299-48104 |
Year of foundation: |
1988 |
Publications: |
Katersugaasivimmit nutaarsiassat - Nyt fra museet |
