Kristine Raahauge

Kristine Marie Raahauge (November 26, 1949 – February 7, 2022) was a Greenlandic municipal politician, activist, eskimologist and writer. She represented the Siumut party.

Early life and family Raahauge was born in 1949 into a seal-catching family in the remote village of Ilulissat, Greenland. She was the oldest of seven children.

When she was nine years old, Raahauge and her family moved to the town of Nanortalik. Her isolated home village is now depopulated. They had three children Anja, Brit and Axel. In 1976, the family moved to Kolby Kås on Samsø Island, and they both worked at a boarding school where 60 Greenlandic children attended. She served as mayor until 1997.

Raahauge ran for office in the 1995 parliamentary elections and was elected to the Inatsisartut for a term. During her term, she fought against centralisation and to preserve local self-government. Raahauge was re-elected mayor with the four votes from Siumut and two from Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA). the International Bulletin of Mission Research and Polar Record.

Death Raahauge retired in 2014. Her ashes were scattered over Samsø Bælt.