Per Berthelsen
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Per Berthelsen (born 12 February 1950) is a Greenlandic politician and musician.
He was first elected to the municipal council in Nuuk Municipality in 1993, and was first elected to the national parliament in 1993 as a member for Siumut. In 2002, he broke with Siumut to found Demokraatit (Democrats), where he served as party leader. He left the party in 2008 and returned to Siumut.[1] In the 2025 Greenlandic elections, he was re-elected on the Demokraatit list.[2] He is considered a moderate voice in the debate around Greenlandic independence.[2][3]
He was one of the founding members of the pioneering Greenlandic rock band Sume.[2]
