The Greenlanders information

The Greenlanders is a 1988 historical-fiction epic novel by American author Jane Smiley. The novel gives a speculative account of the Norse inhabitation...

specifically to the people of Western Greenland. Northern Greenlanders call themselves Avanersuarmiut or Inughuit, and Eastern Greenlanders call themselves...

English as the Saga of the Greenlanders) is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Like the Saga of Erik the Red, it is one of the two main sources on the Norse colonization...

or 160 people according to the Saga of Erik the Red, 60 according to the Saga of the Greenlanders. Still according to the latter, Leif Ericson led a company...

for "Greenlanders") were Norsemen that came from Iceland to settle on the Island of Greenland in the years following 986. The Grænlendingar were the first...

04 years (2012 est.) The population of Greenland consists of Greenlandic Inuit (including mixed-race persons), Danish Greenlanders and other Europeans...

title, the saga mainly chronicles the life and expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid, also recounted in the Saga of the Greenlanders. For...

When the missionaries found no descendants of the Norse Greenlanders, they baptized the Inuit Greenlanders they found living there instead. Denmark-Norway...

Tale of the Greenlanders may refer to: Grœnlendinga saga Grœnlendinga þáttr (I) Grœnlendinga þáttr (II)/Einars þáttr Sokkasonar This disambiguation page...

Danish Greenlanders are ethnic Danes residing in Greenland and their descendants. Danish Greenlanders are a minority ethnic group in Greenland, accounting...

were 2,507 Greenlanders enrolled in education in Denmark. Greenlanders have Danish citizenship as Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of...

expeditions are documented in the Grœnlendinga saga ("Saga of the Greenlanders" henceforth Grl.) and Eiríks saga rauða ("Saga of Eirik the Red" Henceforth Eir.)...

The Vinland Sagas are two Icelandic texts written independently of each other in the early 13th century—The Saga of the Greenlanders (Grænlendinga Saga)...

The following is a list of notable people from Greenland: Maliina Abelsen, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit Naja Abelsen (born 1964),...

father." The Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders, both thought to have been written around 1200, contain different accounts of the voyages...

of the Greenlanders]. Icelandic Saga Database (in Icelandic). Chapter 2. Retrieved 22 November 2023. "Erik the Red". Britannica. Archived from the original...

Greenland; in the 2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum, Greenlanders voted for the Self-Government Act, which transferred more power from the Danish government...

flag". The term Aappalaartoq (meaning "the red") is also used for both the Greenlandic flag and the flag of Denmark (Dannebrog). Today, Greenlanders display...

with titles beginning with Greenlandic All pages with titles containing Greenlanders All pages with titles containing Greenlandian All pages with titles containing...

Look up slur or epithet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The following is a list of ethnic slurs, ethnophaulisms, or ethnic epithets that are, or have...

Many Greenlanders choose to leave Greenland for Denmark to continue their education, either after primary school, or gymnasium. Greenlanders pursuing...

from the name Skræling, Kalaallit historically referred specifically to Western Greenlanders. On the other hand, Northern and Eastern Greenlanders call...

brought diseases and a culture that conflicted with the ways of the native Greenlanders. Many Greenlanders were living in poverty. In 1853, Hinrich Johannes...

Welfare system; protection of the environment; other areas affecting Greenlanders directly, etc. On 21 June 2009, Greenland assumed self-determination...