Nanook (band)

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Nanook
OriginNuuk, Greenland
GenresPop-rock[1]
Years active2008 – present
Labels
Members
  • Christian K. Elsner
  • Frederik K. Elsner
  • Kim Heilmann
  • Andreas Otte
  • Mads Røn

Nanook are a Greenlandic pop-rock band formed by brothers Christian and Frederick Elsner in 2008.[2] The name refers to the mythological Greenlandic bear.[3]

They released their debut album in 2009, Seqinitta Qinngorpaatit ("Our sun is shining on you"). They won the "Best Album" prize at the in 2010 and again in 2014.[4][5][6] They played at the Roskilde Festival in 2019.[2]

Nanook's lyrics are in Greenlandic.[3] They refused an offer from Sony as the company wanted them to switch to English.[3][2] Their music style is soft and melodic indie rock.[2]

Christian and Frederick are half-Inuit and half-Danish.[3] They are from Southern Greenland but moved to Nuuk in 2001.[3] They run the family-owned Atlantic Music, a record company and music instrument retail store.[3]

They are Greenland's most popular band.[2][1][3][7][8] In 2010 they sold 5,000 albums, meaning that every tenth Greenlander bought a copy.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ísbjörn í Vatnsmýrinni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 August 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Roskilde-aktuelle Nanook: et fænomen fra Grønland". gaffa.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Felix Bergsson (25 April 2015). "Elsner bræður og Ísbjarnarguðinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Nanook". greenlandicpopularmusic.com.
  5. ^ "Nanook". www.musikpris.com.
  6. ^ "Greenlandic Music – Nanook and Frederik Elsner". 12 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Rising suicide rate baffles Greenland". Al Jazeera. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Singing to end teen suicide in Greenland". BBC. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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