Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for more than a millennium. Greenland is, by area, the world's largest island. With a population of 56,615 it is the least densely populated dependency or country in the world. Greenland has been inhabited, though not continuously, by Arctic peoples via Canada for 4500–5000 years. In the 10th...
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quick facts

Founded:	1979
Capital:	Nuuk
Population:	32,500
Official language:	Greenlandic language
Currency:	Danish krone
GDP:	$69,520,029
Form of government:	Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary system

Capital city of Greenland

Nuuk

Population:15,047

Nuuk, formerly Godthåb, is the capital of Greenland, the northernmost capital in North America, and the largest city in Greenland. Its present name is the Kalaallisut for "Cape", from its position at the end of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea. Nuuk is the largest cultural and economic center in Greenland. The major cities closest to the capital are Iqaluit and St. John's in Canada and Reykjavik in Iceland....
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Greenland Image Gallery

Queen Margrethe II	An Inuit family in Greenland, 1917.
Southeast coast of Greenland	Southern Greenland scenery, near Nanortalik, where fjords and mountains dominate the landscape.
Scoresby Sund in eastern Greenland, the longest fjord in the world.	View from the air
The last written records of the Norse Greenlanders are of a marriage in 1408 in the church of Hvalse...	Colorful houses dot the town of Ittoqqortoormiit.

Population history of Greenland

Year	Estimated Population
2011	56,615
2010	56,534
2009	56,323
2008	56,328
2007	56,555
2006	56,774
2005	56,935
2004	56,912
2003	56,765
2002	56,600
2001	56,350
2000	56,200
1999	56,100
1998	56,100
1997	56,000
1996	55,900
1995	55,800
1994	55,500
1993	55,200
1992	55,300
1991	55,500
1990	55,600
1989	55,300
1988	54,800
1987	54,100
1986	53,500
1985	53,200
1984	52,700
1983	52,100
1982	51,500
1981	51,000
1980	50,200
1979	49,600
1978	49,200
1977	49,400
1976	49,700
1975	49,600
1974	49,500
1973	49,000
1972	48,300
1971	47,200
1970	46,400
1969	44,900
1968	43,400
1967	41,900
1966	40,500
1965	39,200
1964	37,600
1963	36,400
1962	35,000
1961	33,700
1960	32,500

National anthem of Greenland

Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit

Established:1916

Composer:Jonathan Petersen

Lyricist:Henrik Lund

"Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit" is the national anthem of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. With lyrics by Henrik Lund and music composed by Jonathan Petersen, the anthem was officially adopted in 1916. Since 1979, "Nuna asiilasooq" , an anthem used by the self-governing Kalaallit...
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Movies filmed in Greenland

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Release date:January 29, 1964

Directed by:Stanley Kubrick

Genre:Comedy

Rated:

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 black comedy film which satirizes the nuclear scare. It was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, and featuring Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, and Slim Pickens. The film is loosely based on Peter George's Cold War thriller novel Red Alert, also known as Two Hours to Doom....
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