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  2. Timeline of Greenland - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. History of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, Greenland was raised from the status of colony to that of an autonomous province or constituent country of the Danish Realm. Greenland was also assigned its own Danish county. Despite its small population, it was provided nominal representation in the Danish Folketing. A plantation of exotic arctic trees was created in 1954 near ...

  4. Outline of Greenland - Wikipedia

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    An enlargeable map of Greenland. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greenland: . Greenland – autonomous Nordic nation that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. [1]

  5. History of Norway - Wikipedia

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    It organized and supervised the resistance within Norway. One long-term impact was the abandonment of a traditional Scandinavian policy of neutrality; Norway became a founding member of NATO in 1949. [109] Norway at the start of the war had the world's fourth largest merchant fleet, at 4.8 million tons, including a fifth of the world's oil tankers.

  6. Maps of present-day countries and dependencies - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries , the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.

  7. Wikipedia:Blank maps - Wikipedia

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    Image:BlankMap-World.png – World map, Robinson projection centered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstates and island nations are generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regions are exhibited.

  8. Greenland - Wikipedia

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    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. [ 94 ] At least four scientific expedition stations and camps had been established on the ice sheet in the ice-covered central part of Greenland (indicated as pale blue in the adjacent ...

  9. Nordic colonialism - Wikipedia

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    Map of New Sweden c. 1650 In the 14th and 15th centuries, many Finns settled Finnmark and Meänmaa , migrating from Southern Finland to populate the region. This led to the Sámi population becoming outnumbered slowly in the Finnmark and Meänmaa regions, this led to increased competition for vital economic materials such as reindeer fur, which ...