This document provides an overview of Kujalleq Municipality in southern Greenland. Some key points: - Kujalleq Municipality has a population of around 6,766 people spread across the towns of Qaqortoq, Narsaq, and Nanortalik as well as smaller villages. - The economy relies on fishing, fish processing, hunting, tourism, agriculture, and mining. Major industries include a tannery in Qaqortoq and an Inuit food college in Narsaq. - Plans are underway to develop infrastructure like constructing an airport in Qaqortoq, which would serve as a regional hub, and building smaller STOL airports in nearby towns.

1. Kujalleq Municipality
The Southern Community of Greenland

2. The true size of Greenland
Greenland c. 2.2 Mkm2 – NFL/L. c. 0.5 Mkm2 – Kujalleq Municipality c. 0.05 Mkm2

3. World inuit perception
Many westerners still believes that we live in igloos!

4. Modern day Greenland
But Greenland of today is quite modern!

5. Kujalleq Municipality and Qaqortoq
• Kujalleq Municipality "the
southern municipality"
• formed January 1, 2009, and
• the former municipalities of
Narsaq, Nanortalik and
Qaqortoq.
• The total area of the
municipality is approximately
53,000 km²,
• the population was at July
1st, 2016 on 6,766 people.

6. Towns and smaller villages

7. Demographics
The municipality consists of three towns:
• Qaqortoq (pop. 3111) , Narsaq (pop. 1435)
and Nanortalik (pop. 1247)
• 11 villages and 37 isolated farms (mainly
sheep farming, reindeer breeding), in all a
rural population of 973.

8. Kujalleq Municipality –
key statistics
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Towns
Fishingdecline
Changeofpoliticalstructure
Main Businesses today:
- Fishing / Fishing industry
- Tourism
- Sheep farming
- Fur tanning
Future prospects:
- Increased fish processing
- Increased tourism
- Mining
Area (km2) Population Density
Greenland 2,166,000 56,500 26 /1000 km2
Kujalleq 53,000 6,811 129/1000 km2
Populated part 17,000 6,811 400/1000 km2
NFL (Island) 485,000 111,400 4,350/1000 km2

9. Qaqortoq,
founded 1775, pop. 3100

10. Qaqortoq
Green town – cultural and administrative centre – education –
cruise tourism – fishing – tannery – future central airport & future
potential pelagic industry (herring, mackerel, capelin etc.)
Unemployment c. 7-10%

11. Narsaq,
founded 1830, pop. 1435

12. Narsaq
Agriculture, INUILI FOOD COLLEGE, tourism, slaughter house
Mining potential: REE’s, zink & uranium etc.
Unemployment c. 10-15%

13. Nanortalik,
founded 1797, pop. 1247

14. Nanortalik,
Polar pack ice, polar bears, hooded seal, mountaineering &
…gold and Atlantic cod
Unemployment c. 11%

15. Economy
• Fishing and fish processing industries,
• Hunting and tanning industry,
• Agriculture and a slaughter house,
• Tourism
• mining (when mining is on-going)
• … and construction, service industry,
administration and education

16. Fishing and processing of fish –
the backbone of the economy

17. Hunting (sealing) and small scale fishing…
The backbone of the culture

18. Agriculture

19. Tourism
…mainly Adventure Tourism and Cruise

20. Geo-tourism
Collector minerals Gold panning
Unexploited opportunities related to mineral tourism!

21. Mining

22. Mineral exploration
1 Mine 22 km2
15 Exploration 2906 km2
11 companies
16 licences
Two mining projects + exploration for gold, base metals and grafite!

23. 3 out of 4 major mining potentials in Greenland
are situated in Kommune Kujalleq
• Kvanefjeld project,
• Tanbreez,
• Vagar (Gold)
And several former mines were running in the past,
within the municipality or near by – incl. the former
cryolite mine in Ivittuut.

24. Kvanefjeld project
REE’s, zink and uranium

25. Tanbreez project – REE’s

26. Vagar Gold deposit

27. Nalunaq A/S / ARC
operational 2004-2013,
with much Nfld.-involvement both in staff, infrastructure and production
A chance for more gold at the exhausted mine!
MineGold in sediments

28. Obsidian Mining / Alba
- Amitsoq graphite 2016
Amitsoq
graphite
GRAPHITE hunt: Geophysical surveys and bulk sampling!

29. Mineral exploration
… the Labrador – Greenland connection
12 years of excellent drilling in Greenland from Goose Bay!

30. Infrastructure Development:
A new airport between Narsaq og Qaqortoq

31. Qaqortoq
• Served by Narsarsuaq airport (fixed wings) and Air Greenland
Bell-212’s for 9 pass.
• Qaqortoq is the busiest heliport in Greenland and probably
the kingdom, serving around 15000 passengers/year,
• Plans for an airport in Qaqortoq since the 1980’s,
• Renewed plans since 2013, where the plan was to construct
a 1499 meter runway in Qaqortoq, to be completed around
2020.
• A new North-Atlantic airport in Qaqortoq would be a new
hub for all of Kommune Kujalleq, probably serving as a base
+30000 passengers/year,
• Growth from tourism should be expected in the years to
come

33. Reasons for constructing a new airport…
• Most passengers final destination are the coastal towns
and settlements,
• A new need for air travel has been defined, both to
develop strong regional centers and to move the
airports closer to the coastal towns,
• …thereby making the growth centers of Greenland
more accessible and cheaper to reach by both locals as
well as tourist,
• Tourism are expected to be the main growth
mechanism for the new airport,
• And a steady growth in tourism is observed these
years, also in Kommune Kujalleq

34. Qaqortoq airport site

35. Overview
Airport in Qaqortoq, 1499 meter – to be constructed

36. New infrastructure
Iceland + Int.
Denmark + Int.
to Nuuk to Kangerlussuaq + Int.

37. Possible with
direct Atlantic
crossings with
the new CS100,
+110 pass.
1500 meter runway; suited for
q-400 for connections to Iceland,
Nuuk & St. John’s, 72 pass.
Avro rj85, for Atlantic crossings
to Europe or North America,
with fuel stop in Iceland or St.
John’s, 85 pass.

38. STOL-airports in the smaller settlements
• Nanortalik, Narsaq and probably also the village of Alluitsup
Paa (pop. 250) will have STOL-airports constructed, after the
completion of Qaqortoq airport,
• The STOL-airports are expected to be runway’s at min. 450
meters, mainly for DHC-6 twin otters,

39. Infrastructure
Route
Naut.
miles km
JJU-UAK 31 57
UAK-SFJ 378 700
SFJ-CPH 1,854 3433
CPH-FRA 367 680
FRA-YYZ 3,428 6350
YYZ-YYT 1,148 2126
TOTAL 7,206 13,346
Qaqortoq St. Johns: 1500 km
Q400 range: 2040 km
Today travelling Qaqortoq – St. John takes 2-3 days!

40. Greenland Connect
EastLINK
DANICE
link
2009: Yes we are connected: 4780 km cable – 2560 Gbit/s capacity!
Honourable Susan Sullivan, Minister of Innovation (2011): “Tele-Greenland selected Newfoundland and Labrador as its gateway connection
into North America’s communications industry as a result of the new network. It constructed and staffed a $4 million facility in the Town of
Milton and contributed significantly to the local economy.”

41. Unesco inscription, 9th July 2017 –
Inuit farming and Norse heritage

42. KUJATAA – Norse & Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap
UNESCO World Heritage

43. 15/08/2017 43

44. Qujanaq – Thank you !
Kujalleq Municipality - Prins Christiansund