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Aatsitassalerinermut Allaffik [Mineral Resources Office, Greenland Government]
| Type: | Organisation |
| [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. |
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)] |
Forsoegstationen 'Upernaviarsuk' [Experimental Station 'Uper']
| Type: | Organisation |
| [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) |
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 |
| [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 |
| [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
| Type: | Library |
| Website: | www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Home/Bibliotek/tabid/67/Default.aspx |
| Address: | P.O. Box 279, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland |
| E-mail: | bibliotek@ilisimatusarfik.gl |
| Telephone: | +299 324566 |
| Fax: | +299 324711 |
| Year of foundation: | The Library at the Ilisimatusarfik University of Greenland was established in 1984. |
| Notes: | The library is exclusively for the staff and students at Ilisimatusarfik. The library contains some 18.000 books and 125 periodicals covering the following themes: Economics, politics, administration; History, anthropology, archaeology; Linguistics, literature, media; Theology Additional Internet resources: http://archive.arcticportal.org/143/ and Library catalogue: http://www.katak.gl/sites/UNIW/pub/search.html |
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 |
Nuna-Tek
| Type: | Organisation |
| Website: | www.statgreen.gl/english/yearbook/chr-1990.html |
| Address: | PO Box 1044, DK-3900 Nuuk/Godthaab |
| Telephone: | +299-24-466 |
| Year of foundation: | 1951 [formerly Technical Organization of Greenland] |
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 |
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 |
| [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 |
| [Uummannap Museum] | |
| Address: | PO Box 70, DK-3961 Uummannaq |
| Telephone: | +299-48104 |
| Year of foundation: | 1988 |
| Publications: | Katersugaasivimmit nutaarsiassat - Nyt fra museet |