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History of Ilulissat

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The town was established as a trading post by Jacob Severin's company in 1741 and named in his honor. The name was sometimes anglicized as Jacobshaven. The Zion Church (Zions Kirke) constructed in the late 18th century was the largest man-made work on Greenland in its time.

Between May 27th and 29th, 2008, the town was the site of the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by Per Stig Møller, the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Hans Enoksen, the Greenlandic Prime Minister. The joint meeting between Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the United States was

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