Editing Home rule (section)

=== Greenland ===
{{Main|History of Greenland#Home rule}}

[[Greenland]] is a self-governing territory in the Danish Realm. Following [[1979 Greenlandic home rule referendum|a referendum in Greenland]] where the majority favored a higher degree of autonomy, home rule was granted by the Parliament of Denmark in 1979.<ref name="SDGreenland">State Department of Denmark: [http://www.stm.dk/_a_2957.html The Greenlandic Home Rule Arrangement].</ref> After [[2008 Greenlandic self-government referendum|another referendum]], further autonomy was granted in 2009.<ref name="SDGreenland" /> Denmark's monarch is Greenland's head of state. Greenland is not part of the European Union, even though Denmark is.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}