Aaja Chemnitz Larsen

Aaja Chemnitz Driefer (born 2 December 1977) is a Greenlandic politician. She is a member of the Danish Folketing (Parliament) for the Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA), representing one of the two parliamentary seats for Greenland, since first being elected in 2015. She was previously a member of the Inatsisartut (Greenlandic Parliament)

Early life and education Aaja Chemnitz was born on 2 December 1977 in Nuuk, Greenland, the daughter of Jørgen Schmidt Chemnitz and Jette Larsen. She earned an MSc in business economics and auditing at the University of Greenland and has an Executive management degree from the international business school INSEAD.

Political career Chemnitz with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski at a press conference at Christiansborg in Copenhagen during the Greenland crisis, January 2026 Chemnitz was elected into the Inatsisartut at the 2014 Greenlandic general election but decided to not run again in the 2018 Greenlanding general election, having been elected into the Danish Parliament at the 2015 Danish general election. She was reelected into the Folketing in the 2019 Danish general election. In 2019, Chemnitz presented a plan focused on early prevention of sexual abuse of children, a growing problem in Greenland. The plan requested funding and support from Denmark to support efforts. The plan was approved, with Denmark agreeing to provide 80 million DKK and Greenland providing 20 million DKK to fund efforts.

Views Chemnitz supports Greenlandic independence; however, she does not believe that independence is easy to achieve or that it would happen in the near future.

Appointments Chemnitz' parliamentary appointments include: