Knud Ludvig Johannes Hertling (7 January 1925 in

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(Frederikshåb) – 26 October 2010) was a Greenlandic-Danish politician from the

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. He served as Minister for Greenland from 1971 to 1973 under prime ministers

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and

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. Hertling was a Greenlandic member of the Folketing from 1964 to 1973. He founded the party Sukaq in 1969, the first political party to be established in Greenland. His aim was to work for greater home rule for Greenland. Hertling was the first Greenlander to hold a ministerial post in the Danish government.

Personal life

Hertling was born in

, but was raised in

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. He and his brother Jørgen moved to Denmark in 1945 and were adopted by Danish pastor Svend Hertling in 1947. Hertling died in

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in October 2010 at the age of 85.

References

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