Egede's controversial missionary practices have recently attracted vandalism and calls for removal of the monument.

Egede arrived in Nuuk under Danish patronage to convert Norse settlers to Christianity.

[3]: 5  The funds were raised by private collection under secular and religious authorities as well as through donations provided by churchgoers in Denmark.

Egede stands up straight, holding a pastoral staff in his right hand and a bible in his left.

[citation needed] Here, Egede is in the same pose wearing the same attire, resting on the inscribed pedestal above a stone base.

Inuit symbols representing traditional Tunniit tattoos were marked on the pedestal and the pastoral staff that Egede holds was turned into a whip.

"[4] The Greenlandic artist Aqqalu Berthelsen, who delivered the message for the group, has called for all statues of Egede to be removed due to their representation of "oppression and colonisation.

"[4] Police investigation into the matter led to the questioning of suspects, but within Greenland there is no clear consensus on what should happen with the statue.