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Greenlanders

For other uses, see Greenlanders (disambiguation).
Greenlanders
Flag of Greenland
Schoolchildren walk with their teacher in Ilulissat, Greenland, with icebergs from the Ilulissat Icefjord visible in the background.
Total population
Decreasec. 56,583[1]
(2022 estimate)
Regions with significant populations
Greenlandic diaspora:
c. 19,505
 Greenland56,583[1]
 Denmark18,563[2]
 United States352[3]
 Norway293[4]
 Faroe Islands163[5]
 Iceland65[6]
 Canada55[7]
 Netherlands14[8]
Languages
Greenlandic, Danish, English
Religion
Lutheranism (Church of Greenland)[9]
See Religion in Greenland

Greenlanders (Greenlandic: Kalaallit), also called Greenlandics or Greenlandic people, are the people of Greenland. Most speak Greenlandic, an Eskaleut language. Greenlandic Inuit make up 85–90% of the people of Greenland.

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. Greenland came under Norwegian rule in 1261 and later became part of the Kalmar Union in 1397.[10] From the 16th to 18th centuries, European expeditions led by Portugal, Denmark–Norway,[11] and missionaries like Hans Egede, sought Greenland for trade, sovereignty, and the rediscovery of lost Norse settlements, ultimately leading to Danish colonization.

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  2. ^ "Grønlændere bosiddende i Danmark (Danish)" (PDF). Statistics Denmark. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  4. ^ "Foreign born, by sex and country background". Statistisk centralbyrå - Statistics Norway. Retrieved 2016-07-03.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "IB01040 Population by birth country, sex and age, 1st January (1985-2016)". Hagstova Føroya - Statistics Faroe Islands. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  6. ^ "Population by country of birth, sex and age 1 January 1998-2015". Hagstofa Íslands - Statistics Iceland. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Population; sex, age, migration background and generation, 1 January". Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  9. ^ "Bells ring a wake-up call for climate justice." World Council of Churches. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Encyclopedia.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ 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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