Almost 500 people visited Arctic Pulse 2026.
There was talk about bridge building on both the cultural, human and musical level, when four choirs – three Greenlandic and one Danish – took to the stage together on Saturday in the small North Jutland town of Skørping in the middle of the huge and spring-green Rold Skov.
The four choirs were Arsarnerit Aalborg, Ikinngutigiit, Neriuut Randers and Skørpingkoret De Rytmiske Unoder. There were just over 40 singers on stage under the direction of Arsarnerit conductor Birger Lundholm.
The musical bridge building was part of the Arctic Pulse event, which was organized by MusikStationen in Skørping with help from Det Grønlandske Hus in Aalborg and the North Jutland Greenlandic cultural association Tikiusaaq.
Strengthens understanding
– We formed Tikiusaaq last year precisely because we believe that culture can help build bridges between people, explains Ivalo Lyberth, who is the front woman of Tikiusaaq.
– We want to strengthen understanding between Greenlanders and Danes and create a safe space where people can meet, share experiences and feel at home. We have already participated in several events, but Arctic Pulse is our biggest so far. It was a lovely day, even if the weather wasn’t quite on our side.
– Most of the local guests were very interested in hearing more about our culture. We can clearly feel that there is an increasing interest in everything that has to do with Greenland at the moment.
The cultural event included a church service, drum dance, Inuit games, art exhibitions, films, sale of handicrafts and Greenlandic books, as well as lectures by, among others, Nickie Isaksen, Julie Rademacher and Henrik Saxgren.
Sold out
Arctic Street Lab offered free sliders with cod filling. 430 of the delicious sliders were made – and already at 1pm they were sold out. But the guests did not go home hungry for that reason. For the whole day there was also a coffee shop with Greenlandic cake, cake man and buns.
– We probably had 500 visitors to the free event during the day. In addition, there were 200 paying listeners when we had a concert with Rasmus Lyberth and Julie Berthelsen on Friday evening, says Jes Kristophersen, chairman of MusikStationen.
It was originally planned that the opening speech was to be given by Aaja Chemnitz, who was also to give a lecture on politics in the Commonwealth. The former member of Parliament had to cancel at the last minute, but has promised to come to Skørping on Wednesday evening with his lecture.
