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Sermitsiaq (Saddle Mountain) is a tall mountain north-east of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It is located on an island of the same name in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, with its summit visible from most places in the city.
Sermitsiaq may refer to:
- Sermitsiaq Island, an island in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord north of Nuuk, Greenland.
- Sermitsiaq (mountain), a mountain on Sermitsiaq Island.
- Sermitsiaq Glacier, a tidewater glacier in western Greenland.
- Sermitsiaq (newspaper), a Greenlandic newspaper.
Sermitsiaq (Greenlandic for Saddle Mountain) is one of two national newspapers in Greenland. It is named after the mountain Sermitsiaq.
The newspaper was published for the first time May 21, 1958, as a Kalaallisut-language alternative to the Danish-language newspaper Mikken. The two magazines were printed separately, with Mikken on Saturdays and Sermitsiaq on Mondays for about six months, until Mikken was published for the last time on 22 November the same year. Sermitsiaq was first printed in both Danish and Kalaallisut the week before Mikken closed down.
Sermitsiaq was a local newspaper distributed only in Nuuk city until around 1980 when the newspaper became national. The newspaper became increasingly political in the period around 1980, since Greenland was granted home rule in 1979.
The newspaper is published every Friday, while the online version is updated several times daily.
In 2010 Sermitsiaq merged with Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten (AG), the other Greenlandic newspaper. Both papers' websites now redirect to the combined Sermitsiaq.AG website.