ABSTRACT
Greenland has a history based on migrations of indigenous peoples coming to the island from the north and a Nordic history including the Vikings, who settled around 950 and disappeared in an unknown way about 1380, and a Danish rediscovery and colonisation from 1721. Modernisation in Greenland was organised in two enormous development programs called G50 and G60. The main goal both of Denmark's Greenland policies and Greenlandic politics has been the same: that the economy should strengthen over time, that Denmark should support such a development by income transfer from the Danish state, and that the Danish income transfer should tail off when the goal was achieved. Home rule in Greenland is in many areas close to the Faroese Home Rule model, but there are also differences. In the case of Denmark-Greenland, it can be interpreted as mutual solidarity and learning that have been considered an asset both domestically and in international relations.
