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Greenlanders
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 Schoolchildren walk with their teacher in Ilulissat, Greenland, with icebergs from the Ilulissat Icefjord visible in the background. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
 c. 56,583[1](2022 estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greenlandic diaspora: c. 19,505 | |
 Greenland | 55,840[2] |
 Denmark | 18,563[3] |
 United States | 352[4] |
 Norway | 293[5] |
 Faroe Islands | 163[6] |
 Iceland | 65[7] |
 Canada | 55[8] |
 Netherlands | 14[9] |
| Languages | |
| Greenlandic, Danish, English | |
| Religion | |
| Lutheranism (Church of Greenland)[10] See Religion in Greenland | |
Greenlanders (Greenlandic: Kalaallit), also called Greenlandics or Greenlandic people,[11] are an Inuit ethnic group native to Greenland. They speak Greenlandic, an Eskaleut language.
Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Danish Realm, and its citizens hold Danish nationality. In 986, Erik the Red led Norse settlers to Greenland's southwest coast, where they coexisted with indigenous cultures until Greenland came under Norwegian rule in 1261 and later became part of the Kalmar Union in 1397.[12] From the 16th to 18th centuries, European expeditions led by Portugal, Denmark–Norway,[13] and missionaries like Hans Egede, sought Greenland for trade, sovereignty, and the search for lost Norse settlements, ultimately leading to Danish colonization. In 2008, Greenland held a referendum on greater autonomy, which passed with majority support, leading to the implementation of self-rule in 2009.
- ^ "Population of Greenland". Greenlandic Population as of 2022. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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databasewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Grønlændere bosiddende i Danmark (Danish)" (PDF). Statistics Denmark. 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Foreign born, by sex and country background". Statistisk centralbyrå - Statistics Norway. Retrieved 2016-07-03.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "IB01040 Population by birth country, sex and age, 1st January (1985-2016)". Hagstova Føroya - Statistics Faroe Islands. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ^ "Population by country of birth, sex and age 1 January 1998-2015". Hagstofa Íslands - Statistics Iceland. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
- ^ "Immigrant population by place of birth, period of immigration, 2016 counts, both sexes, age (total), Canada, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Population; sex, age, migration background and generation, 1 January". Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Bells ring a wake-up call for climate justice." World Council of Churches. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010
- ^ Kaplan, Lawrence. "Inuit or Eskimo: Which name to use?". University of Alaska Fairbanks. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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Encyclopedia.comwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Nebenzahl, Kenneth. Rand McNally Atlas of Columbus and The Great Discoveries (Rand McNally & Company; Genoa, Italy; 1990); The Cantino Planisphere, Lisbon, 1502, pp. 34–37.
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