Colony of Greenland | |||||||||||
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Colony of Denmark | |||||||||||
1950–1953 | |||||||||||
the Colony of Greenland and Denmark in 1952, highlighted in green and light green respectively | |||||||||||
Capital | Godthaab (Nuuk) | ||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||
• Type | Monarchy Colony | ||||||||||
King | |||||||||||
• 1950–1953 | Frederik IX | ||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||
• 1950–1953 | Poul Hugo Lundsteen | ||||||||||
Historical era | Post-war | ||||||||||
• Unification of North Greenland and South Greenland | 1950 | ||||||||||
5 June 1953 | |||||||||||
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The colony of Greenland was a Danish colony created in 1950 with the union of North Greenland and South Greenland, and was ruled by one governor.[1] In 1953, the colony of Greenland was made an equal part of Denmark as an amt.