Greenland Culture Prize

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The Greenland Culture Prize ( Danish Den Grønlandske Kulturpris , Greenlandic Kalaallit Nunaanni kulturilerisunut nersornaat ) is a prize that is awarded annually by the Greenland government .

The winners will be proposed by the Greenland Minister of Culture and honored on June 21, Greenland's national holiday. The first award took place in 1982. Since then it has been given to one or more persons or institutions that enrich the cultural life in Greenland. It is associated with prize money of 50,000 crowns.

Since 2016, an encouragement prize ( Danish Opmuntringspris , Greenlandic Kajumissaasiut ) has been awarded, which aims to motivate and promote young cultural talents . The winners receive 10,000 crowns.

List of winners of the culture award

List of carriers of the lift award

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