Both lyrics and melody were composed by Jonathan Petersen, who also wrote the musical score for Greenland's 1916-adopted national anthem "Nunarput, utoqqarsuanngoravit.

"[1] The song was written by Greenlandic organist and piano teacher Jonathan Petersen, probably during or after a stay in Denmark in 1910–1911, during which he passed his organ exam with distinction.

Petersen wrote an original composition for the song around 1920, which retained the repetition of the third line of each verse, as in "Der er et yndigt land".

Nuna asiilasooq Kalaallit nunagaarput 𝄆 tamarmi qaqqartooq 𝄇 Kangerluppassuit sinaa nunassaqqissisippaat, tamaat sineriaa qeqertat saangerpaat.

Qaqqaasa saavini kangerluillu paani 𝄆 unipput inuii 𝄇 Imartik pissaqarfigaat atorluakkaminnik, Kalaallimmi pigaat soraajuerlutik!