Parliament of Greenland

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legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

The Parliament of Greenland, known in Greenlandic as Inatsisartut, is the unicameral legislative body responsible for enacting laws and overseeing the self-government of Greenland within the Kingdom of Denmark.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Parliament of Greenland canonical	12
Greenlandic Parliament	3
Greenlandic parliament	1
Greenlandic parliament (Landsting / Inatsisartut) as a legislative body for internal affairs	1
Greenland’s parliament	1
Home Rule institutions of Greenland	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3920572 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliament of Greenland
Context triple: [Inatsisartut, officialName, Parliament of Greenland]

A. Greenland Provincial Council
The Greenland Provincial Council was the former elected legislative body that governed Greenland’s internal affairs before being succeeded by the modern Inatsisartut (Parliament of Greenland).
B. Government of Greenland
The Government of Greenland is the autonomous administration responsible for governing Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
C. Løgting
Løgting is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands and one of the oldest parliamentary institutions in the world.
D. Parliament of Åland
The Parliament of Åland is the autonomous regional legislature of the Åland Islands, responsible for self-governance and local lawmaking within the Finnish state.
E. Nunatsiavut Assembly
The Nunatsiavut Assembly is the elected legislative body of the Inuit self-government region of Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, responsible for making laws and governing on behalf of its Inuit population.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliament of Greenland
Target entity description: The Parliament of Greenland, known in Greenlandic as Inatsisartut, is the unicameral legislative body responsible for enacting laws and overseeing the self-government of Greenland within the Kingdom of Denmark.

A. Greenland Provincial Council
The Greenland Provincial Council was the former elected legislative body that governed Greenland’s internal affairs before being succeeded by the modern Inatsisartut (Parliament of Greenland).
B. Government of Greenland
The Government of Greenland is the autonomous administration responsible for governing Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
C. Løgting
Løgting is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands and one of the oldest parliamentary institutions in the world.
D. Parliament of Åland
The Parliament of Åland is the autonomous regional legislature of the Åland Islands, responsible for self-governance and local lawmaking within the Finnish state.
E. Nunatsiavut Assembly
The Nunatsiavut Assembly is the elected legislative body of the Inuit self-government region of Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, responsible for making laws and governing on behalf of its Inuit population.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Greenlandic Parliament ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Greenland
constitutionalFramework	Greenland Self-Government Act ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
country	Greenland ⓘ
electoralDistricts	multi-member constituencies ⓘ
elects	Prime Minister of Greenland ⓘ Speaker of the Parliament of Greenland ⓘ
established	1979 ⓘ
foundedBy	Home Rule Act of Greenland ⓘ linked to: Home Rule Act of 1979
governsFor	people of Greenland ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	most internal affairs of Greenland ⓘ
hasCommittee	Finance Committee of the Parliament of Greenland ⓘ Foreign and Security Policy Committee of the Parliament of Greenland ⓘ
hasPower	to approve the budget of Greenland ⓘ to enact legislation within devolved competences ⓘ
hasSpeakerTitle	Speaker of the Parliament of Greenland ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of Greenland ⓘ
jurisdiction	Greenland ⓘ
legalSystemContext	Danish legal tradition ⓘ
legislativeType	unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn	Greenland ⓘ Nuuk ⓘ
meetsIn	Inatsisartut building ⓘ
meetsInTimeZone	Western Greenland Time ⓘ linked to: West Greenland Time
nativeName	Inatsisartut ⓘ
numberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	31 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Danish ⓘ Greenlandic ⓘ linked to: Kalaallisut
oversees	Government of Greenland ⓘ
parentState	Denmark ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ linked to: Realm of Denmark
passes	laws for Greenland ⓘ
predecessor	Provincial Council of Greenland ⓘ linked to: Greenland Provincial Council
reformed	2009 ⓘ
reformedBy	Self-Government Act of Greenland ⓘ linked to: Self-Government Act of 2009
sessionType	plenary sessions ⓘ
shortName	Inatsisartut ⓘ
subordinateTo	constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
supervises	executive branch of Greenland ⓘ
symbol	coat of arms of Greenland ⓘ linked to: Coat of arms of Greenland
termLength	4 years ⓘ
votingSystem	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
website	https://ina.gl ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Inatsisartut → officialName → Parliament of Greenland ⓘ

Nuuk → hasParliament → Parliament of Greenland ⓘ

Nuuk → hosts → Greenlandic Parliament ⓘ