The County of Greenland ( da, Grønlands Amt) was an
amt (county) of
Denmark
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Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
and its associated islands, before home rule was granted to Greenland.
History
In 1953 Greenland's colonial status ended with the establishment of the
1953 Danish constitution.
[ History of Greenland (section)] When the colonial status ended, Greenland was incorporated into
the Danish realm as an
Amt (county) which gave
Greenlanders Danish citizenship, as a result of this, a change in Danish policies toward Greenland that consisted of a strategy of
cultural assimilation
Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially.
The different types of cultural ass ...
. During this period, the Danish government promoted the exclusive use of Danish in official matters, and required Greenlanders to go to Denmark for their post-secondary education; many Greenlandic children grew up in boarding schools in southern Denmark, many losing their cultural ties to Greenland. The policy also backfired to produce a reassertion of Greenlandic cultural identity by the Greenlandic elite, leading to a movement in favour of independence that reached its peak in the 1970s; because of this, a further desire to establish the legality of Greenland's status formed in Denmark, resulting in the Home Rule Act of 1979, which gave Greenland limited autonomy with
its own legislature taking control of some internal policies, while the Parliament of Denmark maintained full control of external policies, security, and natural resources. The law came into effect on 1 May 1979.
See also
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Kingdom of Denmark
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North Greenland
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South Greenland
The Southern Inspectorate of Greenland also known as South Greenland was a Danish inspectorate on Greenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the southwest coast of the island. Its capital was at Godthaab (modern N ...
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The unity of the Realm
The Danish Realm ( da, Danmarks Rige; fo, Danmarkar Ríki; kl, Danmarkip Naalagaaffik), officially the Kingdom of Denmark (; ; ), is a sovereign state located in Northern Europe and Northern North America. It consists of metropolitan Denma ...
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List of governors of Greenland
This is a list of governors of Greenland. The position was established, after the positions of inspectors of Greenland was abolished. In 1950, the two governors ( da, landsfogeder) were collected into the Governor of all of Greenland ( da, land ...
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
References
{{Counties of Denmark
History of Greenland
Geographic history of Denmark
*Greenland County
1953 establishments in North America
1979 disestablishments in North America
1950s establishments in Greenland
1970s disestablishments in Greenland