Jonathan Petersen
Jonathan Petersen (7 May 1881 – 22 August 1961) was a Greenlandic songwriter. He composed the music to the national anthem of Greenland, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit (Our Country, Who's Become So Old in English) and the lyrics and music of the secondary national anthem Nuna asiilasooq ("A Huge Rocky Land" in English). The lyrics to the older anthem were written by the Greenlandic pastor Henrik Lund, and the song was adopted as the national anthem in 1916.
Jonathan Petersen
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- Born
- 1881 · Paamiut.
- Died
- 1961 · Nuuk.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- composer
- Known for
- Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit · Nuna asiilasooq
- Languages
- Danish · Kalaallisut
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Jonathan Petersen (7 May 1881 – 22 August 1961) was a Greenlandic songwriter. He composed the music to the national anthem of Greenland, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit (Our Country, Who's Become So Old in English) and the lyrics and music of the secondary national anthem Nuna asiilasooq ("A Huge Rocky Land" in English). The lyrics to the older anthem were written by the Greenlandic pastor Henrik Lund, and the song was adopted as the national anthem in 1916.
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Born at Paamiut in 1881, died in Nuuk in 1961.
The recorded working language is Danish and Kalaallisut. Works named in the authority record are Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit and Nuna asiilasooq.
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1881
Jonathan Petersen was born on 7 May 1881.
1961
Jonathan Petersen died on 22 August 1961.
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- 1.Tidsskriftet Grønland, arkiv 1961 (danish)
- 2.Walter Jens, Rudolf Radler (1992). Kindlers neues Literatur Lexikon. Kindler,
- 3.Nationalanthems.info. Greenland.
- 4.Greenland Homerule.
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