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 (3)

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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 ⓘ
Greenland politics ⓘ
linked to: Nordic 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 ⓘ
Parliament of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Folketing
establishes Greenlandic Home Rule Government ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Realm 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 Parliament of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Folketing
recognizes Greenland’s right to manage its own internal affairs ⓘ
region Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Inatsisartut → foundationLegalBasis → Greenland Home Rule Act ⓘ
Inatsisartut → reformedBy → Greenland Self-Government Act ⓘ
linked to: Greenland Home Rule Act
Naalakkersuisut → partOf → Home rule system of Greenland ⓘ
subject linked to: Naalakkersuisut (cabinet)
linked to: Greenland Home Rule Act