Kulusuk: Difference between revisions

|government_footnotes = <ref name="sooq">[http://www.sermersooq.gl/da/presse/nyheder/2009/august/trommedans_og_praest_i_konebaad.aspx Sermersooq Municipality] {{dain iconlang|da}}</ref>

The small Kulusuk Island was not permanently settled until the early 1900s, with the village founded only in 1909,<ref name="sooq"/><ref>[http://www.100kulusuk.net/indexuk.htm 100kulusuk.net] 100th anniversary exhibition</ref> celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sermitsiaq.gl/indland/article87535.ece |title=100 – KULUSUK – 100 |work=[[Sermitsiaq (newspaper)|Sermitsiaq]] |date=15 June 2009 |language=Danish |accessdate=17 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://sermitsiaq.gl/indland/article92692.ece |title=Kulusuks jubilæum åbnet med udstilling |work=Sermitsiaq |date=6 August 2009 |language=Danish |accessdate=17 May 2010}}</ref> The church in the village was constructed in 1908 by the crew of a Danish sailing vessel that ran aground on the nearby coast and constructed from the [[Lumber|timbers]] of the ship itself.<ref name="kirke">[http://iserit.greennet.gl/alfis/ greennet.gl] {{dain iconlang|da}}</ref> A model of the ship still hangs above the [[Organ (music)|organ]] of the church, rebuilt and brought into its present state in 1922.<ref name="kirke"/>