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Hans Egede (1686–1758), Lutheran missionary, credited with revitalising Denmark's relationship with Greenland. Being part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the foreign relations of Greenland are handled in cooperation between the government of Denmark and the government of Greenland. Unlike Denmark proper, Greenland is not part of the European Union ...
The relationship between Denmark and Greenland has been strained after an investigation revealed Danish colonial officials forced thousands of young Greenlandic women to use contraceptives to ...
These statements have shaken the U.S. relationship with Denmark, a member of the NATO alliance and the European Union. ... because the Faroe Islands and Greenland are part of the Kingdom of ...
He had reopened Greenland's link with Northern Europe in the early 1700s and laid the groundwork for the establishment of Denmark's proudest colonial possession. One day in the late 1970s, the ...
Greenland had been a protected and very isolated society until 1940. [63] Greenland was a colony, and it was believed that this society would be subjected to exploitation or even eradication if the country was opened up. Therefore, a strict monopoly on Greenlandic trade was maintained, although it was abolished in 1950. [64]
See Denmark–Somalia relations. Denmark has a consulate general in Mogadishu. [575] South Africa: 1947 [576] See Denmark–South Africa relations. Denmark has an embassy in Pretoria. [577] South Sudan: 4 May 2012 [578] Sudan: 8 May 1958 [88] See Denmark–Sudan relations. Denmark is represented in Sudan, through its embassy in Addis Ababa ...
Greenland, the world's biggest island, has been part of Denmark for 600 years although its 57,000 people now govern their own domestic affairs. The island's government led by Prime Minister Mute ...
Prior to and during the period of the legal fatherlessness laws, Denmark was the colonial ruler of Greenland. [1] Throughout its rule, Denmark instituted a system racially segregating Danish society from Greenlandic society, including laws prohibiting miscegenation and certain kinds of relationships between Danish men and Greenlandic Inuit women. [1]