2020 in Greenland

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Events in the year 2020 in Greenland .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• High Commissioner – Mikaela Engell
• Premier – Kim Kielsen

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Greenland

April

• 16 March – Greenland reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, in Nuuk. ^[1]
• 14 September – Satellite imagery shows that a big chunk of ice shattered into many small pieces from the last remaining ice shelf in Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, Greenland. ^[2]

Sports

• The 2020 Greenlandic Football Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deaths

• 21 July – Suka K. Frederiksen, 55, Greenlandic politician, Foreign Minister (2017–2018) ^[3]
• 15 October – Arnannguaq Høegh, 63, Greenlandic artist ^[4]

References

1. Af /ritzau (2020-03-16). "Grønland har konstateret sit første tilfælde af coronavirus". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
2. "Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf". BBC News. 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
3. "Suka K. Frederiksen begravet". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
4. "Kunstner Arnannguaq Høegh er død". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-09-26.