Narsarmijit , formerly Narsaq Kujalleq and Frederiksdal (Anglicised: Frederiksthal ), is a settlement in southern Greenland . It is located in the Kujalleq municipality near Cape Thorvaldsen . Its population was 66 in 2020. There has been a slow but steady pattern of emigration since the late 1950s.
6-571: Narsarmijit is the southernmost settlement in the country, located approximately 50 kilometers (31 mi) north of Cape Farewell , the southern cape of Greenland. The city is located in the area of the easternmost of the Norse settlements during their colonization of Greenland . The former village of Ikigait is roughly 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) away and was the site of Herjólfr Bárðarson 's farm Herjolfsnes ("Herjolf's Point"). The Moravian missionary Conrad Kleinschmidt (1768–1832) founded
12-558: A half relative to the 1990 levels, by nearly a quarter relative to the 2000 levels. Cape Farewell, Greenland Cape Farewell ( Greenlandic : Nunap Isua ; Danish : Kap Farvel ) is a headland on the southern shore of Egger Island , Nunap Isua Archipelago , Greenland . As the southernmost point of the country, it is one of the important landmarks of Greenland . Located at 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W / 59.77306; -43.92250 , excluding small offshore islets, this cape
18-721: Is the southernmost extent of Greenland , projecting out into the North Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea on the same latitude as St Petersburg , Oslo and the Shetland Islands . Egger and the associated minor islands are known as the Cape Farewell Archipelago . The area is part of the Kujalleq municipality. King Frederick VI Coast stretches from Cape Farewell to Pikiulleq Bay (former spelling 'Pikiutdleq') in
24-535: The administrative reform enacted on 1 January 2009 the settlement has been part of Kujalleq. The village is served by the Narsarmijit Heliport. Air Greenland district helicopters link the settlement with Nanortalik , and further to Qaqortoq and Narsarsuaq . Most towns and settlements in southern Greenland exhibit negative growth patterns over the last two decades, with many settlements rapidly depopulating. The population of Narsarmijit has decreased nearly
30-513: The area served as a prime territory for sealing . Members of the settlement rescued the survivors of the ill-fated German polar expedition 's Hansa in 1870. In 1906, pastor Jens Chemnitz founded Greenland's first sheep farm in Narsarmijit; the industry has since moved north to the larger pastures around Narsaq . Until 31 December 2008 the settlement belonged to the Nanortalik municipality. Since
36-561: The station of Friedrichsthal ( Danish : Frederiksdal , lit. "Frederick's Valley") in 1824. The name honored Frederick VI of Denmark . The station was the Moravian's fourth, after Neu-Herrnhut (1733), Lichtenfels (1748), and Lichtenau (1774) and before Umanak (1861) and Idlorpait (1864). All the Greenland missions were surrendered to the Lutheran church in 1900. In the 19th century,
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