Greenland Home Rule Act
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The Greenland Home Rule Act is the Danish law that granted Greenland extensive self-government and autonomy over its internal affairs while remaining within the Kingdom of Denmark.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greenland Home Rule Act canonical | 2 |
| Greenland Self-Government Act | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Danish law
ⓘ
autonomy statute ⓘ home rule act ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Greenland ⓘ |
| basisFor | transfer of specific policy areas from Denmark to Greenland ⓘ |
| category |
Danish constitutional law
ⓘ
Nordic politics ⓘ
surface form:
Greenland politics
autonomy and devolution laws ⓘ |
| constitutionalContext | unitary state with devolved powers ⓘ |
| country | Denmark ⓘ |
| defines | division of competences between Denmark and Greenland ⓘ |
| enactedBy |
Government of Denmark
ⓘ
Folketing ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of Denmark
|
| establishes |
Government of Greenland
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenlandic Home Rule Government
Parliament of Greenland ⓘ
surface form:
Greenlandic parliament (Landsting / Inatsisartut) as a legislative body for internal affairs
|
| frameworkFor | Greenland’s internal self-government institutions ⓘ |
| governs | relationship between Danish state authorities and Greenlandic authorities ⓘ |
| grants |
executive powers over internal affairs to Greenlandic authorities
ⓘ
home rule to Greenland ⓘ legislative powers over internal affairs to Greenlandic authorities ⓘ |
| inForceIn |
Greenland
ⓘ
Realm of Denmark ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Denmark
|
| jurisdictionRetainedByDenmark |
constitutional matters of the Kingdom of Denmark
ⓘ
defence ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ |
| language |
Danish
ⓘ
Greenlandic ⓘ |
| legalForm | act of parliament ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfTerritory | part of the Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Danish legal system ⓘ |
| partOf | constitutional framework of the Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ |
| politicalEffect |
increased political autonomy for Greenland
ⓘ
recognition of Greenlanders as a distinct people within the Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ |
| purpose |
to grant Greenland extensive self-government
ⓘ
to provide autonomy over Greenland’s internal affairs ⓘ |
| ratifiedBy |
Folketing
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of Denmark
|
| recognizes | Greenland’s right to manage its own internal affairs ⓘ |
| region |
Arctic region
ⓘ
surface form:
Arctic
|
| relatedTo | Greenland Self-Government Act ⓘ |
| replaced | previous colonial administration system in Greenland ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
autonomy
ⓘ
internal affairs of Greenland ⓘ self-government ⓘ |
| successor | Greenland Self-Government Act ⓘ |
| typeOfAutonomy | internal self-government ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Greenland Self-Government Act