1979 Greenlandic home rule referendum

January 2025 January 2025 Home Rule in Greenland Denmark 1979 01 17 y 12,756 4,703 743 28,889 A consultative referendum on home rule was held in Greenland on 17 January 1979. Just over 70% of voters voted in favour of greater autonomy from Denmark,Den grønlandske hjemmestyreordning da. Ministry of the State of Denmark.Marquard, Arne (ed.) Folketingsårbog 1978–79 da. Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlag, p. 61. 87-569-0591-2 leading to the establishment of a Greenlandic parliament and Greenland gaining sovereignty in areas such as education, health, fisheries and the environment.Politics in Greenland https://web.archive.org/web/20090628203930/http://eu.nanoq.gl/Emner/About%20Greenland/Politics%20in%20Greenland.aspx 28 June 2009 Greenland Representation to the EU As a result of the referendum, home rule came into effect on 1 May 1979 and Greenland became an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Background The Colony of Greenland was turned into the County of Greenland in 1953.Lyck Taagholt 1987 50 Greenland had legislative bodies, but they were purely consultative.Lyck Taagholt 1987 52 Denmark overall voted to join the European Economic Community (EEC) after a 1972 referendum, but the majority of Greenland voted against it. However, Greenland had to join the EEC as well. Greenlandic self-determination grew after the referendum and Siumut was formed.Lyck Taagholt 1987 52Dahl 1986 320 Denmark permitted offshore oil drilling in Greenland from 1973 to 1977 without seeking approval from the Greenland Provincial Council. The council unanimously passed a resolution in 1975 stating that the land and resources of Greenland belonged to the people living there.Dahl 1986 320 Three years of negotiations were conducted by the Danish-Greenlandic Home Rule Commission from 1975 to 1978. The commission had fourteen members, seven Danish and seven Greenlandic members, and was chaired by a Dane appointed by the Minister for Greeland. The Home Rule Act and the Law of Mineral Resources in Greenland was passed by the Folketing in November 1978 after being recommended by the commission.Dahl 1986 315 Results 4703 12756 743 28889 Folketingsårbog 1978–79 Aftermath The first election for the Inatsisartut, which was created after home rule, was held in 1979, and won by Siumut.Dahl 1986 315 Greenland left the EEC in 1985.Lyck Taagholt 1987 50 References Works cited 30em Dahl Jens Greenland: Political Structure of Self-Government Arctic Anthropology University of Wisconsin Press 1986 23 1 315–324 10.2307/40316118 40316118 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40316118 subscription Lyck Lise Taagholt Jørgen Greenland — Its Economy and Resources Arctic Arctic Institute of North America 1987 40 1 50–59 10.2307/40510564 40510564 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40510564 subscription Greenland Category:Referendums in Greenland Home rule Greenland Category:Autonomy referendums Greenland