The building was built and erected in 1965–1966 as part of the Danish parliament Folketinget's programme since 1953 to modernize and urbanize the Greenlandic infrastructure by moving people away from the coastal settlements which were deemed "unprofitable, unhealthy and unmodern".
Bygningen blev bygget og opført i 1965-1966 som en del af Folketingets program for at modernisere og urbanisere den grønlandske infrastruktur ved at flytte folk væk fra de kystnære bopladser, som blev anset for "urentable, usunde og umoderne".