Churches, Squares, and Everyday Qaqortoq

Torvet Torvet is the central square of Qaqortoq, Greenland’s largest town in southern Greenland. Its name is Danish for “the market square,” reflecting the town’s historic role as a civic and commercial gathering place. Qaqortoq was established in 1775 as the Danish-Norwegian colonial settlement of Julianehåb. Torvet l…

Torvet, Vamdrup 2022a

Inuit Woman Statue, Qaqortoq The Inuit woman statue is a public monument in Qaqortoq, the largest town in southern Greenland. It represents an Inuit woman and belongs to the town’s visible collection of outdoor cultural landmarks. Its subject reflects the central place of Inuit identity, family, and women’s roles in Gr…

Gertrud Rasch’s Church Gertrud Rasch’s Church is a Lutheran church in Qaqortoq, Greenland, serving one of southern Greenland’s principal settlements. It belongs to the Church of Denmark, whose local congregations operate within Greenland’s predominantly Lutheran Christian tradition. The church was built in 1973 and is …

Le temple à Qaqortoq, Groenland — Church of Our Saviour (Qaqortoq)

Church of the Savior The Church of the Savior, known in Danish as Vor Frelsers Kirke, is a Lutheran church in Qaqortoq, southern Greenland. The present building dates from 1832, when Qaqortoq was the colonial settlement of Julianehaab, established by the Danish-Norwegian administration in the late eighteenth century. T…

The Church of the Savior (Vedernitsi) — Церковь Спасителя исцелившего расслабленного в с. Ведерницы Дмитровский район, Московская область

Tele Museum, Qaqortoq The Tele Museum in Qaqortoq documents the development of telecommunications in Greenland, from early telegraph and radio services to telephone and more recent communication systems. Its collections present the equipment and working practices that connected isolated settlements across a vast territ…

Post & Tele Museum — Den Kongl. Marschals Gård, nu Postgården på Købmagergade, 1749