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Marie Fleischer

Greenlandic businesswoman and politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ80328796
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Marie Kathrine Fleischer (born 3 June 1980) is a Greenlandic businesswoman and former politician affiliated with Democrats and later Inuit Ataqatigiit.

Early and personal life

Marie Fleischer is the daughter of official Hans Peter Fleischer (d. 1993) and the economic consultant Grete Street. She attended the University of Greenland, where she received a business diploma in organization and management. On 3 August 2013, she married police officer Knud Frederiksen (b. 1976), with whom she has a son born in 2008.

Political career

Fleischer ran for the newly founded Democrats in the 2002 general election, and was elected to the Inatsisartut at the age of 22. She was re-elected in the 2005 election. In 2007, she was elected local chairwoman of Democrats in Nuuk. In May 2008, she left Democrats and became a non-affiliated MP. From then on, she cooperated with the Inuit Ataqatigiit without being a party member.[5] She only joined the party in December 2008.

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