Today, across the country and the world the flag of Greenland is being raised in unity. The flag is very significant and powerful in design and meaning. It’s called Erfalasorput: our flag. It only came into existence in 1985 after Greenland was given Home Rule from Denmark in 1979. The colors are consistent with the Danish kingdom but the flag’s design represents the ocean, the land, the sun, and the icebergs.
As you may know, the pressure on Greenland right now is immense. People are afraid. But today there are protests across Greenland and in Denmark and other places. Peaceful protests to unite in solidarity that Greenland is neither for sale nor can be taken.
This photo was taken in April 2025 at the end of the annual dogsled race in Ittoqqortoormiit, a town of 300 people in the northeast. This town is literally on the edge of the planet in terms of its remoteness and extreme location in the world’s largest fjord system Scoresbysund. Yet, this is one of the only places where you can observe and participate in Kalaallit Inuit traditions that have been practiced for thousands of years uninterrupted. I spend a lot of time here and it liberated my mind. It’s the ultimate form of freedom to learn self sufficiency and relying on each other and the communal bond and living in harmony with nature. You can’t shake it once you’ve been.
Please keep the people of Greenland in your thoughts. It’s not a vast piece of ice where no one lives. This is a home to 57,000 people with deep connection to their homeland and an identity that’s slowly being rebuilt in the rest of the country. In remote Greenland, it was never lost. But in the rest of the country, it’s active healing from colonial wounds that is still an ongoing process.
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icebergchick on January 17th, 2026 at 15:55 UTC »
Today, across the country and the world the flag of Greenland is being raised in unity. The flag is very significant and powerful in design and meaning. It’s called Erfalasorput: our flag. It only came into existence in 1985 after Greenland was given Home Rule from Denmark in 1979. The colors are consistent with the Danish kingdom but the flag’s design represents the ocean, the land, the sun, and the icebergs.
As you may know, the pressure on Greenland right now is immense. People are afraid. But today there are protests across Greenland and in Denmark and other places. Peaceful protests to unite in solidarity that Greenland is neither for sale nor can be taken.
This photo was taken in April 2025 at the end of the annual dogsled race in Ittoqqortoormiit, a town of 300 people in the northeast. This town is literally on the edge of the planet in terms of its remoteness and extreme location in the world’s largest fjord system Scoresbysund. Yet, this is one of the only places where you can observe and participate in Kalaallit Inuit traditions that have been practiced for thousands of years uninterrupted. I spend a lot of time here and it liberated my mind. It’s the ultimate form of freedom to learn self sufficiency and relying on each other and the communal bond and living in harmony with nature. You can’t shake it once you’ve been.
Please keep the people of Greenland in your thoughts. It’s not a vast piece of ice where no one lives. This is a home to 57,000 people with deep connection to their homeland and an identity that’s slowly being rebuilt in the rest of the country. In remote Greenland, it was never lost. But in the rest of the country, it’s active healing from colonial wounds that is still an ongoing process.
faultysynapse on January 17th, 2026 at 16:05 UTC »
One of my favorite flags! It's very beautiful. As much as I enjoy it, I know nothing about why it is the way it is. Illuminate me?
charloBravie on January 17th, 2026 at 16:24 UTC »
Poke ball ♥️🤍