Qassimiut
Sign in to saveQassimiut, also known by its Danish name Bødker, is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The settlement was founded in 1835 as a trading station. With a population of 14 in 2024, it is the smallest organised, permanent settlement in Greenland.
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Place details
- Locality
- Qassimiut
- Region
- Kujalleq
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 20
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qassimiut
- Settlement.other_name
- Bødker
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Qassimiut.png
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Qassimiut
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 22px Kujalleq
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rural area
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Kujalleq
- Population
- +22
- Image
- Qassimiut.png
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Healthcare and infrastructure
- Climate
- Settlement school
- Transport and communications
- Famous people from Qassimiut
- Population
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Qassimiut, also known by its Danish name Bødker, is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The settlement was founded in 1835 as a trading station. With a population of 14 in 2024, it is the smallest organised, permanent settlement in Greenland.
Until January 2009, the settlement—along Eqalugaarsuit and Saarloq, as well as 13 sheep farms—belonged to Qaqortoq municipality. On 1 January 2009 the settlement became part of Kujalleq municipality, when the Narsaq, Qaqortoq, and Nanortalik municipalities ceased to exist. The settlements are presently governed by a joint settlement council, although Qassimiut has no direct representation in the council. It was founded in 1835 by Julianehåb buisnesmann Frederik Lassen, with Bødker Peter Bendtsen as first bestyrer.