Colony of Greenland

The colony of Greenland was a Danishcolony created in 1950 with the union of North Greenland and South Greenland, and was ruled by one governor. In 1953, the colony of Greenland was made an integral and equal part of the Kingdom of Denmark as an amt, henceforth known as the County of Greenland up until July 1979. On 1 July 1979, Greenland became a rigsdel (an autonomous territory) within the Kingdom of Denmark.