Finding no survivors, he builds a new settlement at Kangeq, near modern day Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, and begins efforts to convert the Indigenous people to Christianity. This marks the start of ...

After centuries of trading with the native Inuit people, Denmark began to colonize the island in the 18 th Century and, according to the Danish Museum, officially declared its authority over ...

and begins efforts to convert the Indigenous people to Christianity. This marks the start of Denmark’s modern colonization of Greenland. With the dissolution of the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway ...