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History of Greenland

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History of Denmark
sidebar |name = History of Denmark |bodyclass = vcard |title = |contentstyle = text-align:left; border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid; |content1 = Prehistoric Denmark Kongemose culture Ertebølle culture Funnelbeaker culture Corded Ware culture Nordic Bronze Age Pre-Roman Iron Age Roman Iron Age Germanic Iron Age Viking Age House of Sigfred House of Olaf House of Knýtlinga Reunification Christianization North Sea Empire House of Fairhair Medieval Times Estridsen era Reign of Sweyn II and his sons Civil War era Danish
Danish Realm
The Danish Realm (Danmarks Rige; Danmarkar Ríki; Danmarkip Naalagaaffik), officially the Kingdom of Denmark (Kongeriget Danmark; Kongsríki Danmarkar; Kunngeqarfik Danmarki), is a sovereign state located in Northern Europe and North America. It consists of metropolitan Denmark—the kingdom's territory in continental Europe and sometimes called "Denmark proper" (egentlige Danmark)—and the realm's two autonomous regions: the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Greenlandic language
Greenlandic (kalaallisut kalaːɬːisʉt; grønlandsk ˈkʁɶnˌlanˀsk) is an Eskimo–Aleut language with about speakers, mostly Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada such as Inuktitut. It is the most widely spoken Eskimo–Aleut language. In June 2009, the government of Greenland, the Naalakkersuisut, made Greenlandic the sole official language of the autonomous territory, to strengthen it in the face of competition from the colonial language, Danish.
Faroe Islands
The Faroe or Faeroe Islands (ˈfɛəɹoʊ ), or simply the Faroes (Føroyar ˈfœɹjaɹ; Færøerne ˈfeɐ̯ˌøˀɐnə), is a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of the United Kingdom, and about halfway between Norway ( away) and Iceland ( away). The islands form part of the Kingdom of Denmark, along with mainland Denmark and Greenland. The islands have a total area of about with a population of 54,000 as of June 2022. The capital and largest city is Tórshavn.
Norsemen
The Norsemen (or Norse people) were a North Germanic ethnolinguistic group of the Early Middle Ages, during which they spoke the Old Norse language. The language belongs to the North Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages and is the predecessor of the modern Germanic languages of Scandinavia. During the late eighth century, Scandinavians embarked on a large-scale expansion in all directions, giving rise to the Viking Age. In English-language scholarship since the 19th century, Norse seafaring traders, settlers and warriors have commonly been referred to as Vikings.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.
Inuit
Inuit (ˈɪnjuᵻt; ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ) are a group of culturally similar Indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Alaska. Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut languages, also known as Inuit-Yupik-Unangan, and also as Eskaleut. Inuit Sign Language is a critically endangered language isolate used in Nunavut.

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