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About Nuup Bussii

Connecting Nuuk since 1980.

Our story

Nuup Bussii A/S was founded on 26 September 1980 by Nuup Kommunea to provide reliable public transport in Nuuk. For more than 45 years we have been the backbone of everyday travel in the capital.

Today the company is still owned by the municipality, which has since been renamed Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, and it is still run as a limited company.

We have 32 employees, 18 buses and 7 service vehicles (vans and cars).

Founded
1980
Buses
18
Employees
32
Passengers (2024)
1.74 million

Timeline

Milestones in the history of Nuup Bussii, newest first.

  1. Niels Chemnitz Frederiksen

    Niels Chemnitz Frederiksen becomes our managing director and is our current managing director.

  2. Christine Fleischer Tønnesen

    Christine becomes chair of the board and is our current chair.

  3. Tina Lynge Schmidt

    Tina becomes chair of the board and is our chair for 4 years and 7 months.

  4. Marie Fleischer

    Marie becomes chair of the board and is chair for 6 months.

  5. New website

    We launch our new website. We were one of the first in Greenland to have a website, and now it has a more modern and up-to-date version.

  6. Mogens Nathansen

    Mogens Nathansen becomes our managing director and is our managing director until October 2024.

  7. New ticketing system

    We get a new ticketing system and now run with electronic ticketing.

  8. Maliina B. Abelsen

    Maliina becomes chair of the board and is chair for the following 2 years.

  9. Storm Ludvigsen

    Storm becomes chair of the board and is our chair for the next year and a half.

  10. Michael Driefer

    Michael Driefer becomes our managing director and is with us for the next 5 years.

  11. Esmar Bergstrøm

    Esmar becomes chair of the board and is our chair for the next year and a half.

  12. Gorm Birkekær Kjeldsen

    Gorm becomes chair of the board and is our chair for the next 3 years.

  13. Rigmor Thårup Høegh

    Rigmor becomes chair of the board and is our chair for the next 10 months.

  14. 25th anniversary

    Nuup Bussii A/S celebrates its 25th anniversary.

  15. Lars Rasmussen

    Lars becomes chair of the board and is chair for the next 3 years and 5 months.

  16. Carl Christian Olsen

    Carl Christian becomes chair of the board and is our chair for the next 4 months.

  17. Johannes Per Berthelsen

    Johannes becomes chair of the board and is chair for the next 3 years.

  18. Svend Erik Rothberg

    Svend Erik Rothberg becomes our managing director and is with us for the next 13 years.

  19. Augooraq Lynge

    Augooraq becomes chair of the board and is chair for the next 3 years.

  20. Laannguaq Lynge

    Laannguaq Lynge, our first chairwoman, becomes chair of our board and is our chair for the next 3 years.

  21. Freddy Huus Jensen

    Freddy Huus Jensen becomes our managing director and is with us for the next 4 years.

  22. Heni Abelsen

    Heni Abelsen joins us and becomes our longest-serving bus driver. We are proud to say that he is with us for the next 27 years.

  23. Allan Ringsborg

    Allan Ringsborg becomes our managing director and is with us for the next 8 years.

  24. Peter Petersen

    Peter Petersen becomes chair of our board and is our longest-serving chair, for the next 12 years.

  25. Jens Erik Peter Larsen

    Jens Erik Peter Larsen becomes our managing director and remains so for the next 5 years.

  26. Allan Id Jensen

    Allan is the first chair of our board and chairs it for one year.

  27. Allan Idd Jensen

    Allan Idd Jensen becomes our first managing director and remains so for one year.

  28. Established

    Nuup Bussii A/S is established to run public transport in Nuuk.

Organisation

The management and the board of Nuup Bussii A/S.

Niels Chemnitz Frederiksen
Managing director

Niels Chemnitz Frederiksen

Education: AFIS operator, Flight Operation Officer

Managing director of Nuup Bussii A/S since 1 February 2025.

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Niels has had an extensive career at Air Greenland, where he gained significant experience in passenger transport and traffic management. His role as Head of the Operations Department gave him deep insight into the challenges and opportunities of aviation and transport. With a background ranging from traffic dispatcher to department manager, he brings a broad range of skills to Nuup Bussii.

Niels’ focus on building a strong team and ensuring employee well-being is a key part of his leadership philosophy. Satisfied and competent employees are essential to achieving good results for the company. By prioritising employee development and engagement, he fosters a positive working environment that encourages collaboration and innovation.

Under Niels’ leadership, Nuup Bussii can expect management that values teamwork and strives to achieve shared goals, contributing to the company’s continued success and growth.

The board

The election of Nuup Bussii A/S’s board was on 4 July 2023 after a general meeting. Four members are elected by the general meeting and one by the employees (articles of association, section 9).

  • Christine Tønnesen

    Christine Tønnesen

    Chair of the board

    University Director at Ilisimatusarfik

    Christine holds a Cand.Merc. in governance and management and has been University Director since 1 September 2024. She has been Head of Office, HR Manager, Customer Director and Centre Manager, and has sat on the board of Sikuki Nuuk Harbour since the company was founded.

  • Arnannguaq Gerstrøm

    Arnannguaq Gerstrøm

    Board member

    Project manager for the INUNA podcast and freelance composer

    Arnannguaq holds a Master of Fine Arts from Lund University and the Royal Northern College of Music. She has been on the board of Usisaat ApS since 1999 and was its managing director from 2014 to 2021.

  • Christian Roslev

    Christian Roslev

    Board member

    Partner at the consultancy Genitor

    Christian holds a Cand.Scient.Pol. from Aarhus University. He was Chief Executive of Aalborg Municipality from 2016 to 2023 and Director of the North Jutland Public Transport Authority from 2006 to 2011.

  • Aviâja Lyberth Lennert

    Aviâja Lyberth Lennert

    Board member

    Deputy CEO, Royal Arctic Line A/S

    Aviâja holds a Diploma of Arts from the University of Queensland and has sat on the boards of Kalaallit Airports, Sermitsiaq.AG, Greenland Holding and INI A/S, among others, and chaired the Equal Status Council of Greenland.

  • Samuel Reimer

    Samuel Reimer

    Employee representative

    Bus driver at Nuup Bussii A/S

    Samuel was elected to the board by the employees, as section 9 of the articles of association provides. He has driven buses for Nuup Bussii since 2013 and has more than 25 years of experience in the service sector.

How we are organised

  • Niels Chemnitz Frederiksen, managing director
    • Office manager
    • Operations manager
      • Drivers
    • Workshop foreman
      • Mechanics
      • Workshop staff

Articles of association and rules of procedure

The company’s articles of association and the board’s rules of procedure, as adopted in 2017.

Social responsibility

Nuup Bussii A/S is a member of CSR Greenland and wants to act as a socially responsible company in Greenland.

Environmental strategy

Part of our CSR and environmental strategy is to run the most environmentally friendly vehicles.

In 2016 we drove 52.83% of our mileage with our two most environmentally friendly vehicle types (Euro 6 36.16%, Euro 5/EEV 16.67%).

Our newest buses
Euro 6
Of our mileage with the two cleanest types (2016)
53%
Times around the equator (2023)
18×
Stops
43+

Did you know?

  • We keep lost property at the office for 14 days before we hand it over to the police.

  • We run every day: on weekdays from 05:49 to 00:07, and at weekends and on public holidays from 06:00 to 00:07. On Christmas Eve (24 December 2026) we run only until 19:00. On New Year's Eve (31 December 2026) we run only until 19:00.

  • We stop at more than 43 places around Nuuk.

  • In 2023 we drove the equivalent of 18 times around the equator.

  • We had 1,742,322 passengers in 2024.

  • Schoolchildren and senior citizens with a senior citizen bus card travel free if they live in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq.

  • We have 18 buses and 7 vans and cars.

  • We have our own workshop.

  • When we started, the municipality was called Nuup Kommunea.

  • Our Facebook page has more than 10,000 followers.

Buses on the road

How many buses run on weekdays at different times of day (figures from February 2024).

06:00–07:00
5
07:01–08:00
11
08:01–09:15
9
09:16–12:45
5
12:46–14:35
8
14:36–18:05
9
18:06–20:59
4
21:00–23:58
2

Fleet

We have 18 buses and 7 service vehicles (vans and cars).

MAN Lions City
11
Volvo 8900
3
Volvo B12M
4
Fleet details (PDF), as of 31 January 2024 (Danish only) (opens in a new tab)