Jonathan Petersen (7 May 1881 – 22 August 1961) was a Greenlandicsongwriter.[1][2] He composed the music to the national anthem of Greenland, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit (Our Country, Who's Become So Old in English) and the lyrics and music of the secondary national anthem Nuna asiilasooq ("A Huge Rocky Land" in English).[3] The lyrics to the older anthem were written by the Greenlandic pastor Henrik Lund, and the song was adopted as the national anthem in 1916.[4] Since home rule was granted in 1979, the newer anthem has been used.[3]
jonathan, petersen, 1881, august, 1961, greenlandic, songwriter, composed, music, national, anthem, greenland, nunarput, utoqqarsuanngoravit, country, become, english, lyrics, music, secondary, national, anthem, nuna, asiilasooq, huge, rocky, land, english, ly. Jonathan Petersen 7 May 1881 22 August 1961 was a Greenlandic songwriter 1 2 He composed the music to the national anthem of Greenland Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit Our Country Who s Become So Old in English and the lyrics and music of the secondary national anthem Nuna asiilasooq A Huge Rocky Land in English 3 The lyrics to the older anthem were written by the Greenlandic pastor Henrik Lund and the song was adopted as the national anthem in 1916 4 Since home rule was granted in 1979 the newer anthem has been used 3 References edit Tidsskriftet Gronland arkiv 1961 danish Walter Jens Rudolf Radler 1992 Kindlers neues Literatur Lexikon Kindler ISBN 978 3 463 43020 1 a b Greenland Nationalanthems info Retrieved 2023 06 20 Greenland Homerule Archived from the original on 1998 06 23 Retrieved 2009 04 01 nbsp This article about a Danish composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jonathan Petersen amp oldid 1161382194, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
