2022 in Greenland
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Events in the year 2022 in Greenland.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Greenland
June
[edit]- 14 June – Whisky War: The Danish Foreign Ministry announces that it has reached a deal with Canada to divide the long-disputed Hans Island in the Arctic in half between Canada's Nunavut territory and Greenland.[1]
Sports
[edit]- 18 July – 13 August: 2022 Greenlandic Football Championship
Deaths
[edit]- 26 June – Thue Christiansen, 82, Greenlandic visual artist and politician, designer of the flag of Greenland and minister of education (1979–1983)[2]
- 4 September – Hendrik Nielsen, 80, Greenlandic politician, MP (1979–1991)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Skydsgaard, Nikolaj (2022-06-14). "Canada and Denmark divide small Arctic island, ending ownership dispute". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Skaberen af Erfalasorput er sovet ind". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). 26 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Mindeord om Hendrik Nielsen – SIK" (in Danish). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26.