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Greenland is a North American autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the Kingdom,the other being the Faroe Islands;the citizens of both territories are full citizens of Denmark. As Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union,citizens of Greenland are European Union citizens. The capital and largest city of Greenland is Nuuk. Greenland lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans,east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the world's largest island,and is the location of the northernmost area of the world –Kaffeklubben Island off the northern coast is the world's northernmost undisputed point of land,and Cape Morris Jesup on the mainland was thought to be so until the 1960s.
Hans Florian Zimmer is a German-born American film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars and four Grammys and has been nominated for three Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses,published by The Daily Telegraph in 2007.
Clifford George Evans was a Welsh actor.
Greenland is divided into five municipalities –Avannaata,Kujalleq,Qeqertalik,Qeqqata,and Sermersooq –as well as the large Northeast Greenland National Park which is unincorporated. The Pituffik Space Base is administered by the United States Space Force and operates as an unincorporated enclave surrounded by territory of Avannaata.
The Northern Inspectorate of Greenland,also known as North Greenland,was a Danish inspectorate on Greenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the northwest coast of the island.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the nation of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).
Dr. Hinrich Johannes Rink was a Danish geologist,one of the pioneers of glaciology,and the first accurate describer of the inland ice of Greenland. Rink,who first came to Greenland in 1848,spent 16 winters and 22 summers in the Arctic region,and became notable for Greenland's development. Becoming a Greenlandic scholar and administrator,he served as Royal Inspector of South Greenland and went on to become Director of the Royal Greenland Trading Department. With "Forstanderskaber",Rink introduced the first steps towards Greelandic home rule.
Dr. Aage Rousell,was a Danish architect,archaeologist and historian. He was best known for his archaeological work in Greenland in the 1920s and 1930s,especially for his work on Norse settlements in medieval Greenland.
The Southern Inspectorate of Greenland,also known as South Greenland,was a Danish inspectorate on Greenland consisting of the trading centers and missionary stations along the southwest coast of the island. Its capital was at Godthaab. The northernmost town of South Greenland was Holsteinborg,which bordered Egedesminde,which was the southernmost town of North Greenland. This boundary between South and North Greenland ran at around 68°N degree of latitude,and in the South,South Greenland stretched to 59°30'N,or to the southernmost point of Greenland.
The Royal Greenland Trading Department was a Danish state enterprise charged with administering the realm's settlements and trade in Greenland. The company managed the government of Greenland from 1774 to 1908 through its Board of Managers in Copenhagen and a series of Royal Inspectors and Governors in Godthaab and Godhavn on Greenland. The company was headquartered at Grønlandske Handels Plads at Christianshavn.
The Greenland Provincial Council was the provincial government of Greenland between 1950,when it was formed from the union of the earlier North and South Greenland Provincial Councils,and 1 May 1979,when it was replaced by the Greenland Home Rule Government and its Parliament.
Jørgen Nielsen Møller was a Danish merchant,governor of Holsteinsborg and Inspector of South Greenland.
Christian Søren Marcus Olrik was a Danish Greenlander professor,zoologist,botanist,and Royal Inspector of North Greenland.
Hans Peter Christian Møller (1810–1845) was a Danish malacologist and Inspector of North Greenland.
Carl August Ferdinand Bolbroe was the Danish Royal Inspector of North Greenland from 1866 to 1867.
Ole Bendixen (1869–1958) was a Danish explorer,merchant,and author who served as Royal Inspector of South Greenland from 1903 to 1914.
The Independent Greens –Denmark's New Left-Wing Party,or simply the Independent Greens (Q),is a left-wing political party in Denmark. It was founded 7 September 2020 by four former members of The Alternative:Sikandar Siddique,Uffe Elbæk,and Susanne Zimmer,who were members of the Danish parliament,and Niko Grünfeld,member of Copenhagen City Council. The party leader is Sikandar Siddique. Elbæk was founder and leader of The Alternative from 2013 to 2020.