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Nauja Bianco (pronounced Naia) is a native Greenlander, born and raised in the capital Nuuk. Nauja Bianco currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has lived in Brussels, Belgium (2006-2010), and Toronto, Canada (2017-2019). She works as an independent consultant working with and travelling within the Arctic and the North.
Nauja has a major in Political Science from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and Sciences Politique in Lille, France, Nauja’s career the first 15 years was within government, diplomacy, international relations, and foreign- and security policy. Nauja has worked for the Government of Greenland (in Nuuk as well as Brussels), as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and in the intergovernmental organization of the Nordic Council of Ministers (cooperation between Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland along with Greenland, Faroe Islands and Åland Island). After 15 years in government and diplomacy, Ms. Bianco moved to Toronto, Canada, and became an independent consultant with her own company (Isuma Consulting) where she did strategic advisory work within Arctic and Nordic affairs and freelance journalism and communication. After returning to Denmark, she became the CEO of the North Atlantic House and the Greenlandic House in Odense, Denmark. North Atlantic House is a cultural house portraying arts and culture from Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Iceland along with a business network facilitating greater business knowledge of the three countries. The Greenlandic House works with Greenlanders (on all levels) living in Denmark. Per September 1, 2023, Nauja revived Isuma Consulting and is now an independent consultant.
Ms. Bianco’s overall area of expertise is facilitating cooperation in the Arctic and the Nordic countries on policy, governance, arts, and culture. Being a global Greenlander, working for creating added value for the Arctic, the Nordics, and the trans-Atlantic bonds has always been an ambition. She focuses on the need of connecting the dots – initiatives, governments, businesses as well as people – through many means.
Updated July 2025