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Greenland’s legal path to independence is spelled out primarily in the 2009 Greenland Self-Government Act: a Greenlandic decision in favour of independence would trigger negotiations with Denmark, req...
’s move from colony to a high degree of autonomy unfolded through a series of legal statutes, referendums and negotiated transfers of authority — most importantly the 1979 and the 2009 — each building...
on Self-Government transferred substantial domestic powers—legislative, executive and many judicial competences—in enumerated fields to Greenland’s institutions and gave Greenland control over its sub...
Greenland’s 2025 property law sharply narrows who may acquire real estate or land‑use rights: in principle only persons and companies from Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark (i.e., Danish citize...
Greenland’s new law sharply limits foreigners’ ability to acquire property or land-use rights — requiring non-Danish citizens and foreign companies to have been permanent residents and tax residents f...
The 2009 Act on Greenland Self‑Government transfers primary authority over land, subsurface and mineral resources to Greenland’s own authorities—granting legislative and executive powers to Inatsisart...
Greenland is not an independent sovereign state; it is an autonomous, self-governing country within the constitutional Kingdom (Realm) of Denmark, exercising control over most domestic affairs while D...
Local Greenlandic communities mobilized both politically and legally against the proposed Kvanefjeld mine by turning public opposition into parliamentary law, using local campaigning and referendums t...