''Sermitsiaq'' is one of two national newspapers in

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. It is named after the mountain Sermitsiaq. The newspaper was published for the first time May 21, 1958, as a Kalaallisut-language alternative to the Danish-language newspaper ''Mikken''. The two magazines were printed separately, with Mikken on Saturdays and Sermitsiaq on Mondays for about six months, until Mikken was published for the last time on 22 November the same year. ''Sermitsiaq'' was first printed in both Danish and Kalaallisut the week before ''Mikken'' closed down. ''Sermitsiaq'' was a local newspaper distributed only in

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city until around 1980 when the newspaper became national. The newspaper became increasingly political in the period around 1980, since Greenland was granted

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in 1979. The newspaper is published every Friday, while the online version is updated several times daily. In 2010 ''Sermitsiaq'' merged with ''

Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten ''Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten'', usually referred to as AG, is one of the two newspapers in Greenland distributed nationwide. The newspaper is published twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The newspaper was created by a merger of a Kalaa ...

'' (''AG''), the other Greenlandic newspaper. Both papers' websites now redirect to the combined Sermitsiaq.AG website.

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(in Kalaallisut and Danish) Newspapers published in Greenland Publications established in 1958 Weekly newspapers Companies based in Nuuk 1958 establishments in Greenland {{newspaper-stub