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.

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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)

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Inatsisartut foundationLegalBasis Greenland Home Rule Act
Inatsisartut reformedBy Greenland Home Rule Act
this entity surface form: Greenland Self-Government Act