2024 in Greenland

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Events in the year 2024 in Greenland .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II (until 14 January), Frederik X
• High Commissioner – Julie Præst Wilche
• Premier – Múte Bourup Egede

Events

June

• 24 June – The international airport terminal partially opens in Nuuk. ^[1]
• 25 June – Google Translate adds support for Kalaallisut. ^[2]
• 27 June - A polar bear is sighted in Disko Bay near Alluttoq Island, north of Ilulissat. ^[3]
• 29 June - The yearly Danish royal visit begins. King Frederik and Queen Mary land at Pituffik Space Base and are greeted by Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede. ^[4]
• 30 June - Two people are hospitalized after a fire in Paamiut. ^[5]

July

• 21 July - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, the founder of Sea Shepherd, is arrested shortly after arriving in Nuuk for a refueling stop aboard the vessel John Paul DeJoria by virtue of an Interpol notice requested by Japan in 2012. ^[6]

Sports

• 2024 Greenlandic Football Championship

Holidays

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 28 March – Maundy Thursday
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 31 March – Easter Sunday
• 1 April – Easter Monday
• 26 April – Prayer Day
• 9 May – Ascension Day
• 20 May – Whit Monday
• 21 June – Greenland National Day
• 24 December – Christmas Eve
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Christmas Holiday
• 31 December – New Year's Eve

References

1. "Mittarfiup terminalia nutaaq kiisami ammarpoq. Malittarisassalli nutaat piffissamik atuinarsinnaasut". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
2. "Kalaallisut oqaatsivut savalimmiullu oqaasii Google Translatemut ilanngunneqartut". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
3. "Nanoq Ilulissat avannaaanni takuneqartoq". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
4. "Assit takukkit: Kunngikkormiut Pituffimmut tikipput". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
5. "Paamiuni illut uiguleriit ilaanni ikuallattoqartoq". Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
6. "Denmark awaits Japan's extradition request for anti-whaling activist". France 24. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
7. "Greenland Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
8. "Holidays and Observances in Greenland in 2024". Time and Date. Retrieved 4 March 2024.