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The flag of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit erfalasuat, Danish: Grønlands flag) was designed by Greenland native Thue Christiansen. [2] It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red (bottom) with a counter-changed red-and-white disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The entire flag measures 18 by 12 parts; each stripe ...
Greenland. Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬːit nʉnaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is a North American island autonomous territory [14] of the Kingdom of Denmark. [15] It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the Kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both ...
The Danish Realm, [f] officially the Kingdom of Denmark, [h] or simply Denmark, [i] is a sovereign state and refers to the area over which the Constitution of Denmark applies. It consists of metropolitan Denmark—the kingdom's territory in continental Europe and sometimes called "Denmark proper" (Danish: egentlige Danmark)—and the realm's two autonomous regions: the Faroe Islands in the ...
The Flag of Greenland is the only national flag of a Nordic country or territory without a Nordic Cross. When Greenland was granted home rule, the present flag — with a graphic design unique to Greenland — was adopted in June 1985, supported by fourteen votes against eleven who supported a proposed green-and-white Nordic cross. [5]
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
In the first proposed United States purchase of Greenland, the country offered to buy it for $100,000,000 but Denmark did not agree to sell. [72] [73] In 1951, the 1941 treaty was replaced by another one. [74] [75] The Thule Air Base in the northwest was made permanent. In 1953, some Inuit families were forced by Denmark to move from their ...
Greenlandic people in Denmark. Greenlandic, Faroese, Danish and Icelandic flag in front of Nordatlantens Brygge, the North Atlantic culture house in Copenhagen, Denmark. Greenlandic people in Denmark (Danish: Grønlændere i Danmark; also known as Greenlandic Danes) are residents of Denmark with Greenlandic or Greenlandic Inuit heritage.
Royal flag with the middle coat of arms of Denmark-Norway 1948–2000: Royal Standard of Queen Ingrid, The Queen Mother: 1972–2002: The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark: Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik. 2002–2018: The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark: Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik, with a prince's crown replaced by the ...