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History of Greenland

3 recorded states lay in what is now Greenland, from Norse Greenland (985 CE). 1 of them has a full profile, and 2 outside powers ruled here.

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Profiles

Empires that ruled here

Timeline

10th century

  1. Norse Greenland985 CE – 1450 CE · other

16th century

  1. Denmark-Norway1523 CE – 1814 CE · profile

18th century

  1. Danish Greenland1721 CE – 1953 CE · colony

In the encyclopedia

Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

States of Scandinavia and the Baltic → All country histories →

Cite this page
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Greenland. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/greenland
MLA
“History of Greenland.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/greenland. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “History of Greenland.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/greenland.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Greenland’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/greenland (Accessed: ).