Self-Government Act of 2009

E1039318

Danish law autonomy statute constitutional law instrument

The Self-Government Act of 2009 is the Danish law that significantly expanded Greenland’s autonomy by transferring extensive political powers and control over natural resources from Denmark to Greenlandic authorities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Self-Government Act of Greenland	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Danish law ⓘ autonomy statute ⓘ constitutional law instrument ⓘ
affects	Danish-Greenlandic relations ⓘ Greenlandic government NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenlandic parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
basisIn	Danish Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
defines	areas of legislative competence for Denmark in Greenland ⓘ areas of legislative competence for Greenland ⓘ
enables	gradual transfer of competences to Greenland ⓘ
establishes	framework for revenue sharing from natural resources ⓘ
expanded	Greenlandic autonomy ⓘ
goal	enhanced self-determination for Greenland ⓘ
jurisdiction	Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Danish ⓘ Greenlandic ⓘ
legalStatus	framework for Greenland self-government ⓘ
maintains	Danish responsibility for defense ⓘ Danish responsibility for foreign affairs ⓘ Danish responsibility for monetary policy ⓘ
permits	Greenland to assume additional policy areas over time ⓘ
policyArea	education in Greenland ⓘ environmental regulation in Greenland ⓘ fisheries management in Greenland ⓘ health in Greenland ⓘ infrastructure in Greenland ⓘ mineral resource management in Greenland ⓘ social welfare in Greenland ⓘ
providesFor	Greenlandic control over internal affairs in many sectors ⓘ Greenlandic control over natural resources ⓘ
recognizes	Greenlanders as a people under international law ⓘ Greenlandic self-government authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Greenlandic independence debate ⓘ decolonization in the Arctic ⓘ
replaced	Home Rule Act of 1979 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	block grant from Denmark to Greenland ⓘ division of powers ⓘ economic relations between Denmark and Greenland ⓘ natural resources ⓘ self-government ⓘ
transferredPowerFrom	Danish authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
transferredPowerTo	Greenlandic authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfAutonomy	internal self-government within the Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Speaker of the Inatsisartut → constitutionalBasis → Self-Government Act of 2009 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Self-Government Act of Greenland

Prime Minister of Greenland → hasConstitutingInstrument → Self-Government Act of 2009 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Self-Government Act of Greenland

Government of Greenland → legalBasis → Self-Government Act of 2009 ⓘ

Parliament of Greenland → reformedBy → Self-Government Act of 2009 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Self-Government Act of Greenland