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- This article is about Greenland, the island dependency of Denmark. For information about the United States town of Greenland, see Greenland, New Hampshire. Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, "The Land of the Greenlanders (Kalaallit)"; Danish: Grønland) is a self-governed Danish territory and an Arctic island nation located in North America with shores on the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's largest island. About 81 percent of its surface is covered by ice. Greenland was one of the Norwegian Crown colonies until 1815, when it formally became a Danish colony, although Norway and Denmark had been in a personal union for centuries. Greenland became an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1953. It was granted home rule (hjemmestyre) by the Folketing (Danish parliament) on May 1 1979. The law went into effect the following year. The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, remains Greenland's Head of state. History Main article: History of Greenland It is unknown when the native inhabitants of Greenland arrived, or why they decided to settle such a desolate place. Icelandic settlers found the land uninhabited when they arrived ca. They established three settlements near the very southwestern tip of the island, where they thrived for the next few centuries. The name Greenland comes from those Scandinavian settlers. In the Norse sagas, it is said that Eiríkur Rauði (Erik the Red) was exiled from Iceland for murder. He, along with his family and slaves, set out in ships to find the land that was rumoured to be to the north-west. After settling there, he named the land Greenland in order to attract more people to settle there. The fjords of the southern part of the island are lush. This proved successful, and the settlements seemed to be getting relatively well along with the new coming Inuit, and a Christian bishop was sent. In 1386, Greenland became part of the Kingdom of Norway, which were part of the Kalmar Union and later of the double monarchy of Denmark-Norway. After almost five hundred years, the settlements simply vanished, probably due to famine during the 15th century in the Little Ice Age, when climatic conditions deteriorated. Bones from this late period were found to be in a condition consistent with malnutrition. Denmark attained possession of the moribund colony at the Treaty of Kiel in 1815. Norway occupied and claimed parts of (then uninhabited) Eastern Greenland in the 1920s, claiming that it constituted Terra nullius. Norway and Denmark agreed to settle the matter in the International Court of the League of Nations in 1933, where Norway lost. Greenland was also called Gruntland ("Ground-land") on early maps. Whether Green is an erroneous transcription of Grunt ("Ground"), which refers to shallow bays, or vice versa, is not known. During World War II, Greenland was on its own, the connection to Denmark having been cut on April 9, 1940 when Denmark was occupied by Germany. Through the cryolite from the mine in Ivigtut, Greenland was able to pay for goods bought in the United States and Canada. The manner in which Greenland had been run prior to the war was altered. The Sledge Patrol guarding the Northeastern shores of Greenland was founded in 1941 and participated in defeating the Germans, which gave Denmark a better position in the postwar turmoil. In 1953 Greenland was made an equal part of the Danish Kingdom. In 1979 Greenland took one step further when home rule was started. Politics Greenland's Head of State is the Danish Monarch, currently Margrethe II. The Queen's government in Denmark appoints a Rigsombudsmand High commissioner representing the Danish government and monarchy. Greenland has a 31 member elected parliament. The head of government is the Prime Minister, who is usually the leader of the majority party in Parliament. Main article: Politics of Greenland Geography Main article: Geography of Greenland South-east coast of Greenland The extreme north of Greenland is not covered by an ice cap (indicated as pale blue in the map to the right), because the air there is too dry to produce snow, which is essential in the production and maintenance of an ice cap. If the Greenland ice cap were to completely melt away, Greenland would most likely be an archipelago. Between 1989 and 1993, U.S. and European climate researchers drilled into the summit of Greenland's ice sheet, obtaining a pair of two-mile (3.2km) long ice cores. Analysis of the layering and chemical composition of the cores has provided a revolutionary new record of climate change in the Northern Hemisphere going back about 100,000 years and illustrated that the world's weather and temperature have often shifted rapidly from one seemingly stable state to another, with worldwide consequences. Economy Main article: Economy of Greenland Greenland suffered economic contraction in the early 1990s, but since 1993 the economy has improved. The Greenland Home Rule Government (GHRG) has pursued a tight fiscal policy since the late 1980s which has helped create surpluses in the public budget and low inflation. Since 1990, Greenland has registered a foreign trade deficit following the closure of the last remaining lead and zinc mine in 1990. Greenland today is critically dependent on fishing and fish exports; the shrimp fishery is by far the largest income earner. Despite resumption of several interesting hydrocarbon and mineral exploration activities, it will take several years before production can materialize. Tourism is the only sector offering any near-term potential and even this is limited due to a short season and high costs. The public sector, including publicly owned enterprises and the municipalities, plays the dominant role in Greenland's economy. About half the government revenues come from grants from the Danish Government, an important supplement of GDP. Demographics Main article: Demographics of Greenland Culture Main article: Culture of Greenland The Greenland National Museum and Archives[1] is located in Nuuk. Miscellaneous topics See also References External links
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Warning : getimagesize(/Image/Map/MP3425505.gif): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mapnlee7/public_html/MAPNALL/geoname.php on line 585 Grenland (grenlandski: Kalaallit Nunaat, danski: Grønland) je autonomni teritorij Danske. Najveći je otok na svijetu. Arktički otok se nalazi u Sjevernoj Americi i geografski i etnički; ali politički i povijesno Grenland je bliži Europi. Atlanski ocean se nalazi južno od Grenlanda, Arktički ocean na sjeveru, Baffinov zaljev i Kanada na zapadu. Grenland je najveći otok i najveći teritorij koji nije nezavisan. Također, na otoku se nalazi najveći nacionalni park na svijetu. Oko 81% površine je prekrivena ledom. Skoro svi stanovnici žive u fjordovima na jugozapadu otoka, koje ima blažu klimu. Većina Grenlanđana su mješavina skandinavskog naroda i Kalalita (Inuit), i govore grenlandski jezik kao materinski jezik. Grenlandski jezik govori oko 50.000 ljudi, koji se nalazi u grupi eskimsko-aleutskih jezika. Manjina danskih migranata bez inuitskog podrijetla govori danski kao prvi jezik. Oba jezika su službena. Grenland je bio pod Norveškom upravom od 11. stoljeća pa do 1814., kada je vlast data Danskoj, iako su Danska i Norveška bile u personalnoj uniji stoljećima. Grenland je postao sastavni dio Danske 1953. Lokalnu autonomiju su dobili u danskom parlamentu (Folketing) 1. svibnja 1979. 2008. godine Grenlanđani su izglasovali prijenos više nadležnosti na lokalnu vladu, što je stupilo na snagu 21. lipnja 2009. Danska središnja vlada nadležna je samo za vanjsku politiku, sigurnost te financijsku politiku. Grenlandski glasači su referendumom 1985. godine napustili Europsku ekonomsku zajednicu (današnju Europsku Uniju).