Katti Frederiksen (born 12 March 1982) is a Greenlandic writer, poet, linguist and politician ( Siumut).

Biography

Frederiksen was born in 1982 to sheep farmer Sofus Frederiksen and politician Suka K. Frederiksen (1965–2020). She grew up in Narsaq, but moved to Nuuk in 2004 to study language, literature and media at the

University of Greenland The University of Greenland ( kl, Ilisimatusarfik Kalaallit Nunaat; da, Grønlands Universitet) is Greenland's only university. It is in the capital city of Nuuk. Most courses are taught in Danish, a few in Greenlandic and classes by exchange le ...

. After completing her bachelor's degree in 2007, she obtained her candidate's degree there in 2011, partly after a stay abroad at the

University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for cla ...

. From 2007 to 2008, Frederiksen worked as a

Greenlandic language Greenlandic ( kl, kalaallisut, link=no ; da, grønlandsk ) is an Eskimo–Aleut language with about 56,000 speakers, mostly Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada such as Inuktitut. It is the mos ...

high school teacher. From 2008 to 2015, she worked at Oqaasileriffik, which she then took over until 2020. She is the owner of the children's book publishing house Iperaq. From 2018 to 2020 she ran a café in Nuuk. In 2006, Frederiksen published the collection of poems and novellas Uummatima kissaa (Warmness of my heart). In 2012, she published her second volume of poetry, 100% ~~Eskimo~~ Inuk. Her poems deal with the Greenlandic language and the Greenlanders' sense of identity. On 5 November 2020, she was appointed Minister for Education, Culture and Church in the Kielsen VIII Cabinet, succeeding Ane Lone Bagger, who had resigned in the summer, without having previously stood as a candidate in elections.

Personal life

Frederiksen is the mother of three children. She is also one of the best marathon runners in the country.

References

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