He composed the music to the national anthem of Greenland, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit ("Our Country, Who's Become So Old" in English).
(meta data) TITLE: Greenland – nationalanthems.info Generic selectors Exact matches only Exact matches only Search in title Search in title Search in content Search in content Search in posts Search in posts Search in pages Search in pages Filter by Categories # Greenland Part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland has a local anthem adopted in 1916 well before autonomy. Since 1979, when home rule was granted, the government has also recognized the anthem used by the local Kalaallit people, "Nuna asiilasooq" (The Land of Great Length) as a secondary anthem. Special thanks to: Kunuunnguaq Fleischer for some of this information and Klaus Caussmacher for the lyrics and sheet music. ### Title "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit" (Kalaallisut) "Our Country, Who's Become So Old" (English translation) ### Lyricist Henrik Lund ### Composer Jonathan Petersen ### Adopted ### Sheet music Music with Kalaallisut lyrics ### Music ### Lyrics Kalaallisut lyrics 1. Nunarput, utoqqarsuanngoravit niaqqut ulissimavoqq qiinik. Qitornatit kissumiaannarpatit tunillugit sineriavit piinik. 2. Akullequtaastut merletutut ilinni perotugut tamaani kalaallinik imminik taajumavugut niaqquit ataqqinartup saani. 3. Atortillugillu tamaasa pisit ingerlaniarusuleqaagut, nutarterlugillu noqitsigisatit siumut, siumut piumaqaagut. 4. Inersimalersut ingerlanerat tungaalitsiterusuleqaarput, oqaatsit "aviisit" qanoq kingunerat atussasoq erinigileqaarput. 5. Taqilluni naami atunngiveqaaq, kalaallit siumut makigitsi. Inuttut inuuneq pigiuminaqaaq, saperasi isumaqaleritsi. English translation 1. Our country, who's become so old your head all covered with white hair. Always held us, your children, in your bosom providing the riches of your coasts. 2. As middle children in the family we blossomed here Greenland, we want to call ourselves before your proud and honourable head. 3. With a burning desire to develop what you have to give, renewing, Removing your obstacles our desire to move is forward, forward. 4. The way of matured societies is our zealous goal to attain; the effect of speech and letters we long to behold. 5. Humbleness is not the course Greenland wake up and be proud! A dignified life is our goal; couragously take a stand. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. See our FAQ for details.
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Jonathan Petersen
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Jonathan Petersen (7 May 1881 – 22 August 1961) was a Greenlandic songwriter.