Sukaq

Sukaq
Sukaq
Founder	Knud Hertling
Founded	1969
Dissolved	1970s
Merged into	mainly to Siumut
Ideology	Greenlandic nationalism; Separatism
	Politics of Greenland; Political parties; Elections;

Sukaq was a short-lived nationalist political party in Greenland. Sukaq was the first political party in Greenland which was founded in 1969 by Knud Hertling. The party was dissolved in 1970s.^[1]

The party's goal was to fight to increase

the unity of the Realm, which the Faroe Islands had, but when Hertling became Greenlandic minister in 1971, the party remained the only party in Greenland and when he later found it difficult to cooperate with only one party, he chose to dissolve the party. When the Social Democratic party Siumut was established, many from Sukaq joined this party.^[1]

The word sukaq refers to the tentpole or mainstay of the traditional Greenlandic market houses.

References

^ ^a ^b Månedens portræt: Interview med Knud Hertling, september 2005

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[fejoe-1] Månedens portræt: Interview med Knud Hertling, september 2005

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