Big win for Greenland in Pan-ArcticVision

Greenland won in two categories at Saturday's world premiere of Pan-ArcticVision – a Eurovision Song Contest for the North.

Artists from almost the entire Arctic performed on stage in Vadsø, a Norwegian coastal town located 70 degrees North. The show was a part of the Varanger festival – with complete film production for international live streaming.

People in the circumpolar North voted for the following winners in the various categories:

• The place in the Arctic that really needs a price and deserves to host the next edition of the Pan-ArcticVision: Greenland

• Most Arctic song: "Takutillara", Nuija - Nuuk, Greenland

• Most revolutionary song: "Skansen", Sköll – Båtsfjord, Northern Norway

• The song that gives the strongest sense of community and togetherness: "Blátt myrkur", Guðrið Hansdóttir – Velbastaður, Faroe Islands

“It is enormously cool and great to be allowed to represent Greenland. We don't celebrate the victory itself so much because the most important thing is that it has been a great experience; we have met many new people and made new connections and friendships”, says Nick Ørbæk, composer, guitarist and vocalist in Nuija, to Sermitsiaq.