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  2. History of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, Greenland was raised from the status of colony to that of an autonomous province or constituent country of the Danish Realm. Greenland was also assigned its own Danish county. Despite its small population, it was provided nominal representation in the Danish Folketing. A plantation of exotic arctic trees was created in 1954 near ...

  3. Timeline of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    Danish-Norwegian colony. 1721: The first Danish settlement is created near present-day Nuuk . 1776: Denmark assumes a full monopoly of trade with the island. 1800s: Greenland is explored and mapped in this period of time. 1814: Norway lost Greenland as a result of the Treaty of Kiel .

  4. Norse settlements in Greenland - Wikipedia

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    Norse settlements in Greenland were established after 986 by ... as he called the newly discovered land. ... created in the second half of the 13. century in the ...

  5. Greenland - Wikipedia

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    Greenland (Greenlandic: ... Nunaoil, was created to help develop the hydrocarbon industry in Greenland. However, in July 2021, Greenland banned all new oil and gas ...

  6. Erik the Red - Wikipedia

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    Erik Thorvaldsson[a] (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. Erik most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard. [1][2] According to Icelandic sagas, Erik was born in the ...

  7. Erik the Red's Land - Wikipedia

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    Erik the Red's Land (Norwegian: Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in the early 1930s. It was named after Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse or Viking settlements in Greenland in the 10th century. The Permanent Court of International Justice ruled against ...

  8. Geography of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    56,732 (February 8, 2020) Pop. density. 0.028/km 2 (0.073/sq mi) Ethnic groups. 88% Inuit (Inuit- Danish and Inuit- European mixed); 12% Europeans, mostly Danish. Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. The territory comprises the island of Greenland—the largest ...

  9. Eastern Settlement - Wikipedia

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    The known major farms and churches are identified, as well as some probable geographical names. The Eastern Settlement (Old Norse: Eystribygð [ˈœystreˌbyɣð]) was the first and by far the larger of the two main areas of Norse Greenland, settled c. AD 985 – c. AD 1000 by Norsemen from Iceland. At its peak, it contained approximately 4,000 ...