Rigsfællesskabet
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Rigsfællesskabet
Ríkisfelagskapurin (Community of the Realm) |
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| Official languages | Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese | |
| Leaders | ||
| - | Head of Rigsfællesskabet | Queen Margrethe II of Denmark |
| - | Prime Minister of Denmark | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| - | First Minister of Greenland | Kuupik Kleist |
| - | First Minister of the Faroe Islands | Kaj Leo Johannesen |
| Area | ||
| - | Total | 2,210,579 km2 853,509 sq mi |
| Population | ||
| - | 2006/2007 estimate | 5,562,832 |
| - | Density | 0,39/km2 0,15/sq mi |
Rigsfællesskabet (English: Community of the Realm, sometimes rendered in English as "United Kingdom of Denmark"[1][2]) is a Danish term for the relations between continental Denmark and its two self-governing insular regions, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Both regions enjoy far-reaching home-rule introduced in 1948 and 1979, respectively. Greenland's powers of self-government were increased in 2009, through the Greenland Self-Rule Act. The Constitution of Denmark applies to all three regions, and the home-rule and self-rule agreements are not enshrined in the constitution. Both the Faroe Islands and Greenland manage most of their own internal affairs, but most foreign relations are undertaken by Denmark exclusively on behalf of all three regions. One of the results of this arrangement is that Denmark is a member of the European Union while both Greenland and the Faroe Islands have opted to remain outside of the EU. The Rigsfællesskab should not be confused with a federation or an association like the Commonwealth of Nations. It is one state with two self-governing areas, and as such it can be referred to as a federacy. The Faroe Islands and Greenland are represented with two seats each in the Danish Parliament.
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[edit] Population and area
| Country/Region | Population | Area (km²) | Density (Pop per km²) |
 Denmark |
5,430,590 | 43,094 | 126 |
 Faroe Islands |
47,017 | 1,399 | 34 |
 Greenland |
56,916 | 2,175,600 | 0.026 |
[edit] See also
- Kingdom of the Netherlands: composed of the Netherlands in Western Europe, and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in the Caribbean
[edit] References
- ^ Duelund, Peter (23–24 October 2007). "Cultural policies and development trends". Workshop “Cultural identity and diversity”. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. p. 12. http://www.ambhanoi.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/A8423019-D802-497C-A1AE-ECAB24BE5B61/0/CulturalPolicyanddevelopmenttrendsbyPeterDuelund300907.doc. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "Denmark — an Overview". Factsheet Denmark. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. pp. 6–7. http://www.westbalkan.um.dk/NR/rdonlyres/84DA172E-87B5-4A06-8E4C-3803ADF5F2FF/0/Denmark__an_Overview.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
[edit] External links
- Prime Ministry's web page concerning the status of the Faroe Islands and Greenland
- DRs background about the Faroe Islands (In Danish)
- The North Atlantic Group in the Danish Parliament
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