Ittoqqortoormiit was founded in 1925 by Ejnar Mikkelsen and some 80 Inuit settlers (70 persons from Tasiilaq and four families from western Greenland).
Ittoqqortoormiit bola založená v roku 1925 Ejnarom Mikkelsenom a približne 80-timi Inuitskými osadníkmi (70 osôb z Tasiilaqu a štyri rodiny zo západného Grónska).