2022 in Greenland

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Events in the year 2022 in Greenland .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II
• High Commissioner – Julie Præst Wilche
• Premier – Múte Bourup Egede

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Greenland

June

• 14 June – Whisky War: The Danish Foreign Ministry announces that it has reached a deal with Canada to divide the long-disputed Hans Island in the Arctic in half between Canada's Nunavut territory and Greenland. ^[1]

Sports

• 18 July – 13 August: 2022 Greenlandic Football Championship

Deaths

• 26 June – Thue Christiansen, 82, Greenlandic visual artist and politician, designer of the flag of Greenland and minister of education (1979–1983) ^[2]
• 4 September – Hendrik Nielsen, 80, Greenlandic politician, MP (1979–1991) ^[3]

References

1. Skydsgaard, Nikolaj (2022-06-14). "Canada and Denmark divide small Arctic island, ending ownership dispute". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
2. "Skaberen af Erfalasorput er sovet ind". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). 26 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
3. "Mindeord om Hendrik Nielsen – SIK" (in Danish). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26.