Anton Geisler

Ant(h)on Geisler (born 21 February 1919) is a Greenlander centenarian who is currently oldest living person on Greenland. He is the first known male centenarian from Greenland.

Biography
Geisler was born and raised in the abandoned settlement of Aamaruutissat (Skansen), near Qeqertarsuaq, Qeqertalik. At the age of 18, Geisler started working in a shop in Maamorilik, Qaasuitsup. After that, he worked as a cook aboard the ship "Tulla", and later as a waiter in the village of Ivittuut. Geisler moved to Denmark where he was educated to became a baker. In 1952, he returned to Ilulissat after education in Denmark. He got a job at the town’s bakery and was there until the beginning of 1970s, when he started a coffee bar. Later, the coffee bar became the shop which he have today.

On the National Day of 2011, Geisler was awarded with the Qaasuitsup Kommunias Cultural Award for his long-standing work. Geisler became the oldest living person in Greenland following the death of a 98-year-old person in April 2015. In 2018, he said: ''I want to work as long as I can, I fear that I will get stuck if I stop working. But I know that at some point I will need to stop working''. In February 2019, Geisler celebrated his 100th birthday and bacame the first known male centenarian from Greenland. As of February 2019, Geisler still works in his shop every single day from 2 PM to 9 PM.