Nanook (band)
Nanook are a Greenlandic pop-rock band formed by brothers Christian and Frederick Elsner in 2008. The name refers to the mythological Greenlandic bear.
They released their debut album in 2009, "Seqinitta Qinngorpaatit". They won the "Best Album" prize at the Greenland Music Awards in 2010 and again in 2014. They played at the Roskilde Festival in 2019.
Nanook's lyrics are in Greenlandic. They refused an offer from Sony as the company wanted them to switch to English. Their music style is soft and melodic indie rock.
Christian and Frederick are half-Inuit and half-Danish. They are from Southern Greenland but moved to Nuuk in 2001. They run the family-owned Atlantic Music, a record company and music instrument retail store.
They are Greenland's most popular band. In 2010 they sold 5,000 albums, meaning that every tenth Greenlander bought a copy.
