Why Denmark Controls Greenland

Here’s what you need to know about Denmark’s history with the vast, potentially mineral and energy-rich territory.
Yahoo

A Dark Time in Denmark's History

Had the Allies landed on the Western coast of Denmark on D-Day, the Nazis would have been ready. The German forces had built up the defensive Atlantic Wall, which stretched along the European coast from the top of Norway to south of France, to protect ...
Courthouse News Service

Denmark and Greenland: Time to debate colonial history

Hunting and fishing is an important part of Greenlandic culture. (Photo by Mads Pihl/Visit Greenland) (CN) — “When the Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede went ashore in Greenland in 1721, it was the beginning of a shared history. But also of a ...

Denmark's Greenland dilemma: Defending a territory already on its way out

President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland have triggered a wave of European solidarity with Denmark. But the crisis has exposed an uncomfortable reality.
People

Queen Margrethe Just Made History as Denmark's Longest-Reigning Monarch — See the New Record

Europe's only ruling female monarch surpassed King Christian IV, who ruled from 1596 to 1648 CLAUS FISKER/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Queen Margrethe of Denmark reached a major milestone this month. In an Instagram post shared on Saturday, the Danish ...
The New York Times

THE WAR IN DENMARK.; The History of Danish Invasions.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they ...
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