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🇩🇰 We have a history that goes back over 1000 years with Greenland. We probably need to go back a little further than 500 years. The Vikings discovered and colonized Greenland in 982 AD, when the Icelandic explorer Erik the Red (who was born in Norway) set foot on the land. After exploring the coast, he returned to Iceland, and in 985 AD he sailed back with a group of Vikings and established the first permanent Norse (Norse) settlement. Here are a few important details about the Vikings in Greenland: Gunnbjörn was the first: As early as the beginning of the 9th century, the Norwegian navigator Gunnbjörn Ulfsson had allegedly seen the coasts of Greenland (the so-called Gunnbjörn's skerries) when he drifted off course. However, he did not go ashore. Erik the Red: He was exiled from Iceland for murder and spent his three-year exile searching for the land Gunnbjörn had seen. Naming: To attract other settlers to the barren land, he called it Grænland (Greenland), because as he said: "People would go there if the land had a good name". The settlements: The Vikings primarily established two settlements in South and Southwest Greenland, where they lived from agriculture and hunting. Greenland formally came into Danish hands in 1380, when Denmark and Norway came under the same king, but the actual Danish colonization began in 1721.
Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for a number of years, and the connection goes back to the 18th century. The country was formally a Danish colony until 1953, after which it became a county. Today, Greenland has extended self-government, but is still part of the Commonwealth. Historically, the connection has developed significantly: 1721: Colonization formally began when the Danish priest Hans Egede arrived and established a mission. 1814: With the dissolution of the Danish-Norwegian personal union, Greenland finally passed to Denmark. 1953: The constitutional amendment meant that Greenland ceased to be a colony and became an equal part of Denmark.
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