Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit and also Lutheran

(6 Mar 2025)
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Nuuk, Greenland – 20 February 2025
1. Exterior of the Church of Our Savior also known as the Nuuk Cathedral

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Nuuk, Greenland – 16 February 2025
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviaja Rohmann Hansen, Pastor at Hans Egede Church:
“The faith is very important here because of the environment or the nature is very strong."

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Nuuk, Greenland – 20 February 2025
3. People walking through town

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Ilulissat, Greenland – 19 February 2025
4. Houses in a small town surrounded by ocean and ice (drone footage)
5. Various of ice bergs (drone footage)
6. Houses in a small town surrounded by ocean and ice (drone footage)

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Nuuk, Greenland – 16 February 2025
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviaja Rohmann Hansen, Pastor at Hans Egede Church:
"We believe that we have to have some protection and that’s from God.”
8. Exterior of the Church of Our Savior also known as the Nuuk Cathedral
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviaja Rohmann Hansen, Pastor at Hans Egede Church:
“We have 95% of the people at our church.”
10. Organ playing
11. Hansen leading a baptism at the Church of Our Savior also known as the Nuuk Cathedral

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Nuuk, Greenland – 20 February 2025
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Flemming Nielson, Theology Professor at the University of Greenland:
“The dominating church is the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, who came to Greenland in 1721 by the Norwegian missionary, Hans Egede.”

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Nuuk, Greenland – 16 February 2025
13. Various exteriors of Hans Egede Church
14. Pastor John Johansen giving a sermon at Hans Egede Church

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Nuuk, Greenland – 20 February 2025
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Flemming Nielson, Theology Professor at the University of Greenland:
“Today, Greenland is a proud nation. The Greenlandic language has been preserved and it is very vital and it is used in everyday lives and in the government.”

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Nuuk, Greenland – 16 February 2025
16. Parishioners at Hans Egede Church service
17. Tight of religious book
18. Young boys at church service at Hans Egede Church
19. Young boy putting on his jacket to leave the church
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20. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviaja Rohmann Hansen, Pastor at Hans Egede Church:
“I’m not worried about the church. Because if, if we did like in Denmark and see that there are few people at the church, I would be worried. But we have people at the church every Sunday. We have a lot of baptisms and we have a lot of confirmation, a lot of marriage.”
21. Various of people leaving church
22. Greenaland flag reflecting in church window

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Nuuk, Greenland – 15 February 2025
23. Malu Schmidt and husband leaving church after getting married

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Nuuk, Greenland – 23 February 2025
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24. SOUNDBITE (English) Malu Schmidt, newlywed:
“We got married and we chose the church because it’s our tradition."

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Nuuk, Greenland – 15 February 2025
25. Wide of family and friends celebrating
26. Newlyweds at the church

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Nuuk, Greenland – 23 February 2025
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27. SOUNDBITE (English) Malu Schmidt, newlywed:
“The traditions are important for me because they passed on from our grandparents from our parents. And it’s kind of always been my way to honor it."

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Nuuk, Greenland – 15 February 2025

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