in decline. Many Greenlanders are emigrating to other countries, particularly Denmark, where the population of native Greenlanders was around 18,563...
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Greenlandic Inuit (redirect from Native Greenlanders)
Northern Greenlanders call themselves Avanersuarmiut or Inughuit, and Eastern Greenlanders call themselves Tunumiit, respectively. Today, most Greenlanders are...
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saga in modern Icelandic and translated into English as the Saga of the Greenlanders) is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Like the Saga of Erik the Red, it...
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southern Europe, assaults on Greenlanders' settlements by English raiders, and the witchcraft trial of Kolgrim. The Greenlanders was reviewed favorably. Kirkus...
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in the 13th century and were thereafter in contact with the Greenlanders. The Greenlanders' Saga and the Saga of Erik the Red, which were written in the...
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Norse settlements in Greenland (redirect from Norse Greenlanders)
settlers coming from Iceland. The settlers, known as Grænlendingar ('Greenlanders' in Icelandic), were the first Europeans to explore and temporarily settle...
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Vinland (section Saga of the Greenlanders)
are two Icelandic Sagas: the Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders, which are known collectively as the Vinland Sagas. These stories were...
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Danish people in Greenland (redirect from Danish Greenlanders)
Danish Greenlanders are ethnic Danes residing in Greenland and their descendants. Danish born people are a minority ethnic group in Greenland, accounting...
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of the Norse Greenlanders who may have converted back to paganism. When the missionaries found no descendants of the Norse Greenlanders, they baptized...
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Freydís Eiríksdóttir (section Saga of the Greenlanders)
sources that mention Freydís are the two Vinland sagas: the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red. The two sagas offer differing accounts...
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their birthplace. As of 2018, there were 2,507 Greenlanders enrolled in education in Denmark. Greenlanders have Danish citizenship as Greenland is an autonomous...
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Tale of the Greenlanders may refer to: Grœnlendinga saga Grœnlendinga þáttr (I) Grœnlendinga þáttr (II)/Einars þáttr Sokkasonar This disambiguation page...
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Thorfinn Karlsefni (section Saga of the Greenlanders)
Thorfinn's expeditions are documented in the Grœnlendinga saga ("Saga of the Greenlanders" henceforth Grl.) and Eiríks saga rauða ("Saga of Eirik the Red" Henceforth...
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The following is a list of notable people from Greenland: Naja Abelsen (born 1964), artist, book illustrator Arnarsaq (c. 1716 – fl. 1778), translator...
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Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid, also recounted in the Saga of the Greenlanders. For this reason it was formerly also called Þorfinns saga karlsefnis;...
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as his "foster father." The Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders, both thought to have been written around 1200, contain different accounts...
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Greenlandic (redirect from Greenlanders (disambiguation))
with titles beginning with Greenlandic All pages with titles containing Greenlanders All pages with titles containing Greenlandian All pages with titles containing...
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rule to Greenland; in the 2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Greenlanders voted for the Self-Government Act, which transferred more power from...
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70% of Greenlanders had opposed entry into the European Common Market (EEC), it nevertheless joined in 1973 as part of Denmark. Greenlanders' fears that...
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both the Greenlandic flag and the flag of Denmark (Dannebrog). Today, Greenlanders display both the Erfalasorput and the Dannebrog—often side by side. The...
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independently of each other in the early 13th century—The Saga of the Greenlanders (Grænlendinga Saga) and The Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks Saga Rauða)...
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historically referred specifically to Western Greenlanders. On the other hand, Northern and Eastern Greenlanders call themselves Inughuit and Tunumiit, respectively...
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neglecting Greenlanders, and hoped that the American attention would give them more power when negotiating with Denmark. Krarup said that Greenlanders, who...
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consists of Greenlandic Inuit (including mixed-race people), Danish Greenlanders and other Europeans and North Americans. The Inuit population makes up...
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Iceland. She appears in the Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders, known collectively as the Vinland sagas. She and her husband Thorfinn...
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been the first European to see North America. The Grœnlendinga saga (Greenlanders Saga) tells that one year he sailed to Iceland to visit his parents as...
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and a culture that conflicted with the ways of the native Greenlanders. Many Greenlanders were living in poverty. In 1853, Hinrich Johannes Rink came...
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Music of Greenland (redirect from Greenlander music)
and was composed by Jonathan Petersen with words by Henrik Lund, both Greenlanders. Greenland was isolated from modern North American and European popular...
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traditional Icelandic sagas, the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red, tell of the Norse Greenlanders who discovered and attempted to settle...
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Gest"). Especially important is the Grœnlendinga saga ("History of the Greenlanders"), giving an account of the Vinland colony with some differences from...
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