Avaaraq S. Olsen (Inuit Ataqatigiit) has been Mayor of Sermersooq since 15 Jun 2022. Population rose 1.3% a year since Avaaraq S. Olsen took office in June 2022, against +0.1% for Greenland. The widest gap with Greenland is in registered jobseekers: −2.1% a year against −3.4%; the gap was widest in Dec 2025, +33.3% against +6.7%. Under Charlotte Ludvigsen (2019 to 2022) the same series rose 2.3% a year. The unemployment rate is 1.9% of the labour force (2024), 0.5 percentage points below its level at day zero.
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