World War II 1969-1990







Greenland 1945-1969

In 1951 the US and Denmark signed a treaty providing the legal basis for continued presence of US troops on Greenland.
In the 1950es and 1960es, Danish politicians were concerned to provide basic services such as modern medical service and schooling to Greenland's population. In order to facilitate this, they concentrated the population (hitherto spread over numerous small villages) into a number of larger settlements. As many Greenlanders had great difficulty in adapting to city life, as they lost their fishing grounds and often did not find a suitable job, new social problems arose, the gravest being unemployment.
Another well-intended measure gone wrong was the removal of Greenlands historical documents intended to be stored in the State Archive in Copenhagen (where they have better facilities to preserve documents). The plane transporting the documents crashed into the sea.





EXTERNAL
FILES 		Greenland : Recent History : Colonialism, from Randburg
DOCUMENTS Defense of Greenland: Agreement Between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, April 27, 1951, from Avalon Project at Yale Law School
REFERENCE Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1946, pp.356-357 (on events of 1945) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1950, p.334 (on events of 1949) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1951, p.336 (on events of 1950) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1952, pp.327-328 (on events of 1951) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1953, p.325 (on events of 1952) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1954, p.323 (on events of 1953) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1955, p.371 (on events of 1954) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1956, pp.310-311 (on events of 1955) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1957, p.372 (on events of 1956) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1958, p.309 (on events of 1957) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1959, pp.307-308 (on events of 1958) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1960, p.306 (on events of 1959) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1961, p.313 (on events of 1960) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1962, pp.305-306 (on events of 1961) [G]
Article Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1963, p.422 (on events of 1962) [G]
Article Colonies and Dependent Territories, from Britannica Book of the Year 1964, pp.265-268 (on events of 1963) [G]
Article Colonies and Other Depencies : Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1965, p.253 (on events of 1964) [G]
Article Colonies and Other Depencies : Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1966, p.204 (on events of 1965) [G]
Article Colonies and Other Depencies : Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1967, p.219 (on events of 1966) [G]
Article Colonies and Other Depencies : Greenland, from Britannica Book of the Year 1968, p.217 (on events of 1967) [G]
Article Dependent States : Greenland, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1969 p.279 (on events in 1968) [G]
Article : Greenland, in : Americana Annual 1947 pp.307-308 (on events of 1946) [G]
Article : Greenland, in : Americana Annual 1957 pp.337 (on events of 1956) [G]
Article : Greenland, in : Americana Annual 1961 pp.318-319 (on events of 1960) [G]
Article : Greenland, in : Americana Annual 1962 p.323 (on events of 1961) [G]
Article : Greenland, in : Americana Annual 1963 p.295 (on events of 1962) [G]
Article : Greenland, in : Americana Annual 1964 p.293 (on events of 1963) [G]


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