Greenland (Grønland) T-Shirt

Greenland (Grønland) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America. Greenland has been inhabited, though not continuously, by indigenous peoples since 2500 BC. From 986 AD, Greenland's west coast was colonised by Icelanders and Norwegians in two settlements on fjords near the southwestern-most tip of the island. In the early 18th century Denmark established rule over Greenland. In 1979 Denmark granted home rule to Greenland though Greenland remains within the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1979 Denmark granted home rule to Greenland, in a relationship known in Danish as Rigsfællesskabet (Commonwealth of the Realm), and in 2008 Greenland voted to transfer more powers to the local government. This became effective the following year, with the Danish royal government in charge only of foreign affairs, security and financial policy, and providing a subsidy of DKK 3.4 billion (US$633m), or approximately $11,300 per Greenlander, annually. Greenland is, by area, the world's largest island that is not a continent.[5] With a population of 56,452 (January, 2010 estimate) it is the least densely populated dependency or country in the world.