Donald Trump may have expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland for the US, but Denmark thinks the idea is frankly insane and Greenlanders have pointed out their home is not actually for sale.
Greenland is rich in valuable resources such as minerals, the purest water and ice, fish stocks, seafood, renewable energy and is a new frontier for adventure tourism. Larsen told the Berlingske newspaper it would be better all round for Greenland to stay with Denmark and eventually be granted full independence.
There is a large majority of support for independence in Greenland, although little certainty about how the country would survive without funding from Denmark. Not the country itself, or Greenlanders. The island has home rule from Denmark in most domestic matters but Copenhagen is in charge of defence and foreign affairs.
Inuit people first inhabited it by moving from present-day Canada 4,, years ago. Size : , sq miles 2. Official language : Greenlandic - closely related to languages spoken by Inuit in Canada and Alaska. National dish : Meat soup called suaasat which normally contains seal, whale, reindeer or seabirds.
National anthem : Nunarput Utoqqarsuanngoravit, adopted in Always held us, your children, in your bosom, and gave us the riches of your coasts. Government : Denmark granted the island limited self-government in , 26 years after it was incorporated into the country by the Danish constitution. Further powers were devolved in Economic self-sufficiency has been a stumbling block to the island gaining full independence.
