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1263: Greenland then becomes crown dependency of Norway. 1355: In 1355 union king Magnus IV of Sweden and Norway (Magnus VII of Norway; The Swedish king had been crowned king of Norway through birthright) sent a ship (or ships) to Greenland to inspect its Western and Eastern Settlements. Sailors found settlements entirely Norse and Christian.
As part of the treaty controlling Greenland's exit of the EEC, Greenland was declared a "special case" with access to the EEC market as a constituent country of Denmark, which remains a member. [85] Greenland is also a member of several small organisations [86] along with Iceland, the Faroes, and the Inuit populations of Canada and Russia. [87]
By this time Norway and Denmark had been unified under Denmark–Norway which considered Greenland part of its territory. [6] This ended on 14 January 1814 after Norway was ceded from Denmark as a result of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. As a result of the Treaty of Kiel, Denmark resumed full sovereignty over Greenland soon after. [7]
The northeastern part of Greenland is not part of any municipality, but it is the site of the world's largest national park, Northeast Greenland National Park. [ 100 ] Polar explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), called the "father of Eskimology ", was the first to explore the Greenland ice sheet by dog sled
Greenland came under Norwegian rule in 1261 and later became part of the Kalmar Union in 1397. [12] From the 16th to 18th centuries, European expeditions led by Portugal , Denmark–Norway , [ 13 ] and missionaries like Hans Egede , sought Greenland for trade, sovereignty, and the rediscovery of lost Norse settlements, ultimately leading to ...
Norsk Data, a manufacturer of minicomputers, became Norway's second largest company by 1985, [158] just to go bankrupt by 1993. [159] Unemployment reached record-high levels in the early 1990s. [160] By 1990, Norway was Europe's largest oil producer and by 1995 it was the world's second-largest oil exporter. [144]
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Greenland may become independent if its residents want, but it won't become a U.S. state, Denmark's foreign minister said on Wednesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ...
As an independent state in modern days, Norway occupied Erik the Red's Land on Greenland from 1931 to 1933. Nils Larsen of Sandefjord's expeditions of Antarctica led to Norway's annexation of Bouvet Island in 1927 and Peter I Island in 1929. [15] Norway also maintains sovereignty of Queen Maud Land on Antarctica.