Mar 15, 2021

Reaction to the Greenland Report

In this event the speakers from the Greenlandic political, business and educational sectors discussed their reaction to the Greenland Report commissioned by the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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The Greenland Committee appointed by the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs has delivered its extensive Report with a detailed analysis on the current co-operation between Greenland and Iceland and 99 recommendations on how to strengthen it.

In this Dialogue we hear from experts belonging to different sectors in Greenland.

Speakers:

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam, MP the Danish Folketing (Siumut)
Jacob Nitter Sørensen, CEO Air Greenland
Josephine Nymand, Head of Department, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Chair of Greenland Research Council.

Concluding Remarks:
H.E. Össur Skarphéðinsson, Chair of the Greenland Commission and former Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Moderator:
Halla Hrund Logadóttir, Harvard Kennedy School Arctic Initiative.

Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam

MP the Danish Folketing (Siumut)

Jacob Nitter Sørensen

CEO Air Greenland

Josephine Nymand

Head of Department, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Chair of Greenland Research Council

Össur Skarphéðinsson

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iceland; Chair of Iceland’s Commission on Greenland

Honorable Össur Skarphéðinsson is an Icelandic politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from February 2009 to May 2013. He was appointed Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism for the Social Democratic Alliance in May 2007. He was also Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 24 May 2007 to 10 June 2008. He was a member of the parliament (Althing) for the Reykjavík Constituency from 1991 to 2003, and for Reykjavík North Constituency from 2003 to 2016. Mr. Skarphéðinsson was Chairman of the Social Democratic Party parliamentary group from 1991 to 1993, Minister for the Environment from 1993 to 1995, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance from 2000 to 2005.