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    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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    Northern Greenlanders call themselves Avanersuarmiut or Inughuit, and Eastern Greenlanders call themselves Tunumiit, respectively. Today, most Greenlanders are...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Danish Greenlanders are ethnic Danes residing in Greenland and their descendants. Danish Greenlanders are a minority ethnic group in Greenland, accounting...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    historically referred specifically to Western Greenlanders. On the other hand, Northern and Eastern Greenlanders call themselves Inughuit and Tunumiit, respectively...
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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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  • Many Greenlanders choose to leave Greenland for Denmark to continue their education, either after primary school, or gymnasium. Greenlanders pursuing...
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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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  • Danish Realm (Greenland), Canada (Inuit Nunangat), United States (Alaska) Greenlanders (including Kalaallit, Tunumiit, Inughuit and Greenlandic Danes), Inupiat...
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    October 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017. "Grænlendinga saga" [Saga of the Greenlanders]. Icelandic Saga Database (in Icelandic). Chapter 2. Retrieved 22 November...
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  • Krakkemut Denmark Arabs, Middle Easterns While originally being used against greenlanders, it is now mostly used against Middle Easterns and Arabs. The word comes...
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