A consultative referendum on

home rule Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance wi ...

was held in

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on 17 January 1979. Just over 70% of voters voted in favour of greater autonomy from

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

,Marquard, Arne (ed.) ''Folketingsårbog 1978–79'' . Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlag, p. 61. leading to the establishment of a

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and Greenland gaining sovereignty in areas such as education, health, fisheries and the environment.Politics in Greenland
Greenland Representation to the EU As a result of the referendum, home rule came into effect 1 May 1979 and Greenland became an autonomous constituent country of the

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