Denmark's Territories, explained.

[@nunocardoso6999]

"Automonous" dyslexia entered the chat

[@neevisits2957]

Also doesn’t know how to pronounce Th words

[@mrpepin]

​@@neevisits2957one, two, free.

[@kotsunia]

​@@neevisits2957 my guy forgot about accents

[@gtc239]

​@@mrpepinThree free books = Free free books

[@ggCA07]

😂😂😂

[@TheCryptanalysis]

Pro tip from Iceland - have an indepence vote when Denmark is occupied by the nazis. Works every time!

[@nichevo1]

I was just wondering

[@lunalingo4461]

Lol

[@germanshepherd6638]

Or just ask the communists for nukes like Cuba

[@youngscoping7696]

Same with Slovakia in Czechoslovakia, Croatia in Yugoslavia and Lithuania in Soviet Union

[@TheBlackzman]

​@@youngscoping7696Corsica in France too 😂 but the Nazis did not defeat the Soviets but the rest u said only lol

[@Valicore]

It's crazy that both the Faroe Islands and Greenland have roughly the same population considering the size difference.

[@Kiperfusion]

That's due to climate. Greenland is in a very arctic and wintery polar region, not to mention that Greenland has half the year in total darkness.

[@ChrisDeJack]

Came to say the same

[@ИванШарецкий-ъ5х]

it’s not crazy

[@fpostolache]

Romania has the same population as Australia but the surface is hugely different. They live only on the shores (I mean the Aussies)

[@Bernieo153]

The Faroese are also WAY ahead of Greenlanders on literally every level. Fun fact: The Faroe Islands have produced ONE nobel prizer winner. That places the Faroes as number one on earth with ‘Nobel Prize winner per capita’. 😅

[@balpreetsingh6834]

The county being atleast 20 times bigger than the country is tight!

[@Joridiy]

reminds me of Krasnoyarsk krai lol

[@Boomy0]

Its not actually THAT big, the flat map egregiously misrepresents the size of greenland. It looks like the size of africa but its actually only slightly larger than mexico. Greenland 2.2 million km^2 land area Mexico 2 million km^2 land area Africa 30 million km^2 land area Russia 17 million km^2 land area

[@mesterg6896]

​​@@Boomy0Greenland is still a hell of a lot bigger than Denmark

[@Boomy0]

@@mesterg6896 True

[@snowtinttu3562]

It is actually about 51 times bigger :D

[@MagnusMss]

I think you missed the fact that 20-25 percent of Greenland's GDP comes from Denmark, as well as the entire legal system and military, and almost all higher education.

[@AnkfordPlays]

Not to mention that Greenland and Faroese citizens can claim entrance to Danish universities despite not living up to the minimum grade requirements, Greenland also has their own SU system which has a slightly higher payout rate than the Danish equivalent

[@WhoMadeThisBurger69]

@@AnkfordPlaysnot slightly, it’s alot higher, I lived at a college, and the people from greenland got so much more SU, despite all of us being independant from our parents

[@MoyaBrennan6825]

@@AnkfordPlaysYes and yes. Both countries also learn danish and speak it quite well.

[@frederik4088]

The only reason that the Danish give them money is because when Greenland became a part of Denmark they stole all of the resources and killed a lot of the wildlife

[@Ugaas3]

Yea but danmark also totally destroyed the native people by introducing all kind of bad stuff and treating them very badly the only reason danmark haven’t given up both places is because there natural resources which will make danmark one of the most wealthiest country in the world

[@blueboy3990]

Cool (like literally these territories are really cold)

[@lukebomber]

Faroe Islands is actually pretty reasonable when it comes to temperature. WIND HOWEVER

[@ClockManOfficial]

@@lukebomberThe wind doesn’t bother me, that’s normal here

[@ghoulofmetal]

​@@lukebomberYeah Denmark actually gets colder than the Faroe Islands since the Golf stream keeps the Faroe Islands temperate

[@cursedbutter]

@@ClockManOfficialsame, I like the wind as well. Makes me cold when it’s too hot.

[@cursedbutter]

@@ghoulofmetalfr, I was freezing in Denmark once I got out of the airport, and I was wearing a winter jacket and a hoodie (to keep me extra warm).

[@roberttrotmoshorts]

I live in the faroe islands. In faroese faroe islands is spelled Føroyar.

[@masteryoda394]

I think it should be renamed to dolphin killers island 🤔.

[@LøvæFråNordn]

​@@masteryoda394Dolphins and Whales taste good🎉

[@Rtx_Live]

I live in Norway, and its named "Færøyene" in Norwegian

[@Albert-wk8ts]

@@masteryoda394 Please explain why it's an issue that they hunt whales. They are treated much nicer than for example cattle or pigs in most other countries. The whales are not killed in quantities that threatens them to be extinct. So what is the problem besides your disney-fantasy that we cannot eat "the cute" animals?

[@linkvos8151]

In Dutch it’s called ‘Faeroër’

[@julianneheindorf5757]

Greenland gained autonomy in 1979 within the Kingdom of Denmark. This autonomy was expanded in 2009. The Danish government and parliament handles foreign policy, immigration, citizenship, defense, the judicial system and some other minor areas, while the government and local parliament in Greenland handles legislation on all other matters. The ties between Greenland and Denmark are very tight and are not based solely on history, politics or money, but on strong family ties as well. Greenland is 54 times larger than Denmark. Greenland is the world's largest island, with a size of 2.175. 600 square kilometers. That area is larger than the following countries combined: France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, and Belgium. The population count is just under 57.000 with 19.500 living in the capital city of Nuuk located on the southwestern region of Greenland. All habitation is located along the coastlines as the interior of the country is covered by a massive ice sheet, three kilometers thick in the north central region. The northern most inhabited area is the settlement of Siorapaluk which is about 700 kilometers south of the North Pole.

[@julianneheindorf5757]

@mipmipmipmipmip, there are plenty of towns in the north. Just check out a map of Greenland. The northernmost inhabited place in the world is the very small settlement of Siorapaluk. It’s only 650 to 700 kilometers from the North Pole. Only weather stations or military facilities are closer to the North Pole any place in the Arctic.

[@nichevo1]

Just for a laugh, in the nicest possible way, how do you think feeling would run in Greenland and in Denmark about an actual sale of Greenland to the United States? Ignoring any feelings you may have about recent events and people, Denmark has sold territory to the USA before-the USVI as I mentioned earlier. So it doesn't seem an unreasonable conversation to have. Is there pride or resentment or affiliation or antipathy that would favor or disfavor such a plan? Denmark could name its price, or just think of being free of the cost of supporting it for another thousand years. Is there anything about Greenland that Denmark desperately needs that does not involve cooperation with the United States? Unless you count Antarctica, it's the last true real estate opportunity on earth.

[@julianneheindorf5757]

@@nichevo1 trump tried to buy us, but was firmly turned down by both the Greenlandic premier and the Danish prime minister. Trump didn’t like to hear the answer “no” so he insulted the Danish prime minister by calling her nasty. The reply was in Greenland was “we are open for business, but we are not for sale”. Of course, the US is the strongest military force in the world, and if they wanted to they could easily occupy us the way Germany did with a lot of countries during WWII, but Denmark is very strong alley and friend to the US on the world stage, and they are okay with the fact that Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark. A lot of people in Greenland are not in favour of independence for several reasons. Unfortunately, we have a few unrealistic and unprincipled politicians who try to gain favour with a certain segment of the population by japping about independence. Denmark is not just going to ditch Greenland. What people around the world fail to appreciate is the fact that the ties between Greenland and Denmark are not just based on history, politics and money. There are many very strong family ties, and blood is thicker than anything else. As family members, we may squabble and argue among ourselves but when there is pressure from the outside Greenland and Denmarks sticks together, as we did when that lunatic wanted to buy us.

[@nichevo1]

@@julianneheindorf5757 The name calling isn't really important but by all means this is Liberty Hall... Hard to see a relevant connection between Denmark and Greenland. Isn't it really just more of the old fashioned imperialist colonization ie You blundered into it sometime and it's yours fair and square? I mean, I'm sure you're nice to them and all, but surely all colonists tell themselves that. The surest proof of your unfitness to own Greenland is the fact that you're running a net loss on the place every year. Are you resource constrained from developing the 99% of Greenland which is uninhabited, or has it just never occurred to you?

[@FieldMarshalKuji]

​@@nichevo1Greenland would be doing worse if they weren't danish

[@CoverCode]

I would like to note that around 25% if Greenland’s money is given to them by the Danish state, also since 2009 (or 2008 don’t remember the exact year) Greenlanders have had the legal right to claim full independence but they have as of this date not chosen to, this is because Denmark will stop giving them almost 1/4 of their economy if they go independent.

[@TheBarser]

​@nigeldkwe dont gain any money from being in a union with them, but with Greenland we do get some political power which probably makes it worth it. Still if Greenland could take care of themselves I would not object if they went and became independent as long as we are still friends

[@kimkristensen2816]

It is actually closer to 50% when indirect support such as hospital is included. But still seems ungreatfull

[@millur7025]

@@TheBarser If Denmark didn’t get financial and political benefit from both countries, they would have gotten rid of them. Whenever Faroese independence comes up in the Danish government, they freak out. Land and sea territory combined for example, the Faroes is larger than Denmark. This giver more power in the EU for example.

[@TheBarser]

@millur7025 yes the political power should not be underestimated

[@Danskadreng]

@@millur7025 There is 0 financial benefit from Greenland to this date. It's a net negative. Greenlands economy can't survive without Denmark giving them around 3.6 billion DKK each year.

[@BodiddlyTheSecond]

As a faroese person, I thank you for acknowledging that my country exists because so many dont even know it exists (including several maps that I’ve seen)

[@-ElysianEcho-]

I live in denmark and had a classmate from the faroe islands, he was a chill guy, his danish was perfect so you wouldn’t know until he spoke faroese that he didn’t grow up in the area, his family eventually went back, i hope he’s well

[@BodiddlyTheSecond]

@@-ElysianEcho- yeah we learn danish in school from second grade so most of us can speak it pretty well

[@ricardo.nobrega]

I love your land. It's so beautiful. Hope to visit it someday. Hugs from Brazil

[@TheBarser]

​@@-ElysianEcho-Faeroese people are some of the nicest people out there. For some reason I always had an easy befriending them, and I am not the person who makes the most friends in life. Still 2 of my best buddies for the last 20 years are faeroese people who went here to Denmark.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

I first knew you existed through "Catfish: The TV Show"

[@davestrider4973]

Denmark: Look at the little baby! Faroe: Waa Denmark: And now look at the big baby! Greenland: *Waa*

[@JustAShadowOAS]

😂

[@Nuggets2000]

Denmark look i am a medium baby

[@ilikecheetoz8282]

Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland: Erm what the sigma

[@azurite_ore9647]

Petition to switch Greenland and Icelands name

[@cooldude7285]

Fr 😭

[@The_Monolith]

Don't worry, humanity is dedicated to the cause of making Greenland green again.

[@Илья-ъ2т6я]

Længe leve Grønland som en del af USA!!! Få fingrene væk fra Grønland, danskere! Ære til Donald Trump

[@Uttersteilk]

Fun fact: the person who discovered Greenland named it like that because he wanted to scam people

[@peterpoulsen1210]

No. Our viking forefathers gave name them these and it will remain as it is.

[@arandomgamer66gamez69]

you can draw a straight line that goes through every territory of Denmark. Nice.

[@zach2382]

I have a feeling this video was made partially because all the comments saying you forgot Nuuk on the northernmost capital in the world video

[@DardS8Br]

Reykjavik is further north

[@zach2382]

@@DardS8Br did misread my comment

[@julianneheindorf5757]

@@DardS8Brno, it isn’t. Nuuk is located at 64° 9’ 55”N and 51° 40’ 35”W while Reykjavik is located at the gps coordinates of 64° 7' 41” N and 21° 49’ 39” W

[@Hesgoneandwrittenitdown]

I remember when the Faroe Islands beat scotland in the football. It was hilarious.

[@epender]

As a Scot, I have learned not to be surprised by such things when it comes to sports.

[@nene1397]

They have never beaten Scotland? When was this?

[@user-le9tu3dt2t]

@@nene1397 Ha aynan shunday, Farer orollari Shotlandiyani yutgan o'yinni topolmayapman, ular faqat Lixtenshteynni yutgan deb o'ylayman

[@solvajacobsen5034]

Finally a video with the faroe islands where i live (its super pretty)

[@gabagool44]

Auto*mon*ous haha This is edited so nicely! Well done

[@OrthoKarter]

i dont get it

[@vicsaul5459]

​@@OrthoKarterautonomous

[@DeviousWizard]

Always nice to see videos featuring the Faroe Islands 🇫🇴

[@plasma9839]

Who

[@519forestmonk9]

I have been to both Greenland and the Faroe islands. They are both fascinating and beautiful in their own ways

[@bjklein444]

Interesting! Thank you for posting. 🕊

[@ricardogando]

Just a reminder that Greenland appears disproportionately large because of map projection.

[@jkwrs]

down with mercator

[@SanilSingh414]

@@jkwrsall projections with maps of a flat earth have flaws, Mercator is probably the best we’ve got

[@PintuMahakul]

👍 Wonderful information about Denmark! Thank you very much. We highly appreciate your effort and time. Thank you.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

As a Dane, they're free to declare independence today if they want. But at that point DK won't be obligated to support them either. Not only the monetary support, also stuff like the free education that their populations enjoy when going to DK. And the Danish military wouldn't be patrolling their seas anymore. I'm good about the situation today, and I support more independence, my concern is just that they might not have thought full independence through... That said I really like the people and nations, hope to keep a friendly relationship even if they demand independence.

[@rickhouse4407]

An interesting fact; Canada and Denmark share a land border on an island between Ellesmere Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut and the Danish Island of Greenland called Hans Island per a treaty signed on June 14th 2022.

[@Sw1den.]

”Denmark has two terretorys” Denmark just lost its mainland💀

[@itsmanxzyxd5087]

The sweds stole it from us again 💀

[@Serner.]

Thats not what territory means 💀😭

[@denzelhobbs9982]

Smartest youtube commenter

[@mso2013]

​@@Serner.territory. An area under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state. He is using the word in the right way.

[@Serner.]

@@mso2013 "In international law, a "territory" is an area of land which is outside the borders of a nation, but owned by that nation. Examples are: Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory, or Bermuda as a territory of the UK." No they didnt.

[@Jester343]

Petition to force evergbody to leave Greenland for the sake of Plague Inc 👇

[@dnsvls]

Oh man... Never thought it was so hard to infect something like Greenland...

[@levistokes3960]

That's why you start in Greenland and go elsewhere from there. Lil

[@yeOldeThorne]

So what I'm hearing here is that the entire population of Greenland and the Faroe Islands combined is just about enough for a crowd at a rock concert

[@MikhailTravels]

Привет 🙋🏼‍♂️ Интересное видео 📹 🔝✅️👍🏻

[@kokujin5446]

Always the last to be infected.

[@octoscorpion2506]

Not if you start there

😂 I remember that game

[@Reiner547]

​@octoscorpion2506 cool gotta use that, but what with Madagascar or Cuba?

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Catfish: The TV Show is how I first heard of The Faroe Islands 🇫🇴

[@Idunnohowabout7364]

Fun Fact:Greenland can become an independent country whenever it wants but doesn’t because its economy relies on Denmark and Greenland most likely wouldn’t be able to sustain itself as an independent country so it’s best for Greenland to be a part of a rich country

[@JesperSandgreen]

Can and can... IF Denmark accepts it,... Right now the danish government and parliement says they will, but nothing is set in stone..

[@Idunnohowabout7364]

@@JesperSandgreen Oh ok

[@Rileydelp_34L]

They never told me this back in Denmark

[@safar793abok]

I see Denmark act like a really nice father

[@mso2013]

Sadly no, greenland has the worlds highest "unaliving" themselfs statistics and face alot of social problems because denmark dosent treat them equaly.

[@ander936]

@@mso2013provide a source?

[@mso2013]

@@ander936 unaliving or bad treatment?

[@grum5776]

​@@mso2013u gotta compare it to other countries that don't get sun for half the year

[@mso2013]

@@grum5776 soo... northen Canada and northen norway? Svalbard has none of greenlands problems.

[@arielvillagonza1794]

Fun Fact:Greenland is not only one of the biggest territory and the most sparsely populated, it's also the biggest island!

[@adamsaif1262]

Denmark is the best lad❤❤❤ nothing is better in Denmark

[@brandurtummassonhansen989]

Tysm for putting my country on the Faroe islands

[@daniell726]

As a dane i can confirm i dont own any oil

[@Gamerhattendkgaming]

From Denmark My favorit Greenland😊

[@GrandMarshalGarithos]

Someone’s been looking at a Mercator map too long.

[@codytain6064]

I wasnt able to put this in Words, thank you. Seeing the Size Greenland is portraid in is just wrong

[@Roach32]

portrayed@@codytain6064

[@HellbirdIV]

While the Mercator projection exaggerates the size, what he said isn't incorrect - Greenland is still *massive.* It's the largest island in the world not considered its own continent (ie excluding Australia and Antarctica) and is larger than the next three (New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar) combined. At well over 2 milllion square kilometers, Greenland would be the 12th largest country in the entire world, even when not including the other territories of the Kingdom of Denmark.

[@harry4454]

Smooth loop 💯

[@m.koksal3396]

Actually, calling it "the Faroe _Islands"_ is a pleonasm, sinds _oyar_ or _øer_ already means _islands._ Simply calling it "the Faroes" in English would be more correct.

[@Unknown-bi7wf]

yeah and that is also very stupid

[@Ruckieduck]

Faroe island is great when it doesn’t rain too much😅 or if it’s too windy

[@rolloloftbrook9558]

Im Irish. We are told in our history that the Danish founded my city Dublin in the 8th century.

[@puderkman]

Dublin was actually founded by Norwegians

[@rolloloftbrook9558]

@puderkman Probably. My Surname is Bergen just like the city in Norway.

[@puderkman]

@@rolloloftbrook9558 There could definitely be a connection.

[@martinh1309]

Not danes, Norwegians.

[@LucasWilhelmsen]

Norse is a more accurate term, but the only real ethnic group at this time was the Danes, so Dane is the most accurate term

[@Layla-l5n]

Try and make a video about New Zealand 🇳🇿 overseas territories.

[@punkerts7711]

Eventually we will get Sweden back and then we will take Norway 🇩🇰

[@Jotaro-o]

Lol you couldn't even beat an eighteen year old Swedish king on your own so I don't think so.

[@pax4338]

@@Jotaro-owe won’t claim Sweden. You can keep Skånelandene🤢

[@Илья-ъ2т6я]

Længe leve Grønland som en del af USA!!! Få fingrene væk fra Grønland, danskere! Ære til Donald Trump

[@BillWard]

We will take the real estate. We can talk about keeping the Norwegian people, but I'm afraid that the Swedes will have to find another place to live. No Swedes in Denmark XD

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

​@@BillWardgood thing, we don't want to go and live in that filth anyway.

[@gooberminium]

It’s crazy the Faroe Islands (A very small island) has 52K people, but Greenland (The largest island on earth) only has 4k more people ☠️

[@Unruly6ixx]

Denmark also owned the Danish West Indies currently the Virgin Islands of the United States we have population of both of there current territories combined

[@michaelverbakel7632]

You tend to forget that the U.S. Virgin Islands were originally settled or colonized by Denmark before they given to the U.S. Not counting Greenland I think that the Virgin Islands were the only colonies in either North or South America that Denmark ever owned.

[@alexnevarez5024]

they were smart on how to retain the territory

[@sabrepulse817]

You can fit 15 Greenlands into Africa. Greenland only looks big because of how maps are drawn

[@willemvandeursen3105]

Greenland was bought by business giant D J Trump, so his body mass adds to Greenland's land mass. 🙂

[@HellbirdIV]

Not quite correct - the size is exaggerated by the Mercator projection, but Greenland is still absolutely massive. 2 million square kilometers. If it was a country it'd be the 12th biggest country in the world.

[@cameroneridan4558]

Greenland is still the world's largest island it just doesn't square up to an entire continent

[@cr34t_]

Finally someone gets it right, good job.

[@thevillager8339]

It is sad to think about, but Faroan might just die out or devolve due to its small native speaker population and the fact that we can see some of their sound already collapsing

[@fearlesspotato3429]

I remember a weird strategy game that had the option for "baby boom" for every nation. And it always increased population by 1.5 million in 4 years. When picking Greenland Population went from 50.000 to 1.550.000 in 4 years. That's 15 kids a year. Those Greenlanders are wild

[@Rex1987]

actually Greenland did have a "baby boom" from around the 1950-70ies due to improvements in health care, education and other areas. The danish authorities wanted Greenland to have the same welfare state, as they where devloping in "mainland" Denmark. That meant an increase in babies born and the survivability, but the change towards a lifestyle based on a industrial welfare state, meant a great cultural shift away from the Inuit culture where you have greater connection with nature. You could argue that this change is still ongoing and has had given rise to many social problems like alkocolism and abuse in Greenland society.

[@filipmazic5486]

Denmark: “We are a democracy” Faroe Islands: “Hey we all vote for independence” Denmark: “Yeah we’re gonna have to reject that one”

[@JesperSandgreen]

Still democracy, Danish parliement is elected too and said no...

[@anthonycunningham8116]

Perfectly democratic. The right to self determination is not absolute and no country is obliged to simply accept its own dissolution

[@saibot7218]

Imagine every province of your country voted independence

[@tamakaze712]

Landmines with Lego is really the strongest country on universe

[@marcusmueller123]

Not to forget that Denmark stole these territories from Norway after the Kalmar union. Norway was an arctic kingdom before entering the union with control over Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands ++.

[@Skrotboks1094]

Finally someone who knows their history, thank you.

[@se6369]

Technically all three were Norwegian until 1814

[@placidochan9702]

Cope

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

Kalmar gang!

[@LucasWilhelmsen]

The people who originally moved there weren’t Norwegians, they were Norse. It’s just that Norway came to hold them for a while, but thankfully they came to be part of a proper nation🇩🇰

[@wyatt35810]

I’m from the Faroe Islands 🥰

[@kayashonals6703]

This is incorrect to my knowledge, Greenland, The Faroe Islands and Denmark are all 3 separate semi-autonomous territories under the broader umbrella of "The Kingdom of Denmark"

[@tummas1980]

Sure, but still under the rule of the danish parliament and crown. Both Greenland and Faroes have two representatives.

[@kayashonals6703]

@tummas1980 true, as is every territory under The Kingdom of Denmark, the more populous areas get more representation as in most democracies

[@ElectroIsMyReligion]

@@kayashonals6703Denmark IS The Kingdom of Denmark - its not that hard

[@kayashonals6703]

@@ElectroIsMyReligion They are 2 separate legal entities, the constituent country of Denmark and the Kingdom of Denmark

[@julieberthelsen389]

​@@kayashonals6703😂😂😂 As a danish reading this to other danish people made us laugh. You are delulu there is only The kingdom of Denmark.

[@kingpoxy2289]

It's nice to see people are stopping saying europe is a dot or some crap like that

[@ernstvonrichthofen]

Bornholm needs to be red and white too.

[@nikolajqb6404]

As a danish person i dont know why i only knew like one of the things u just Said😅

[@johnmichalski5981]

The Faroe Islanders are the last people in the world to speak Old Norse.

[@jakobwilliamzachariassen2640]

it's not technically old norse, iceland is actually closer to old norse, faroese is the second closest tho

[@JesperSandgreen]

no, Icelanders are...

[@duc8250]

A little correction: Denmark includes the island of Bornholm (on the far side of Sweden) as well, which you forgot to color in

[@SEBBERYT]

I live in Denmark Hej dansker

[@itsmanxzyxd5087]

Hej med dansker

[@KaIIenie]

Denmark also has another island in the Baltic Sea named Bornholm, which has a population of 39,600 people.

[@chocolateminty9418]

Oh hey that's my kingdom ^^

[@itsmanxzyxd5087]

Hej homie

[@Klakatha]

the fact that the tiny islands have basically the same population as Greenland 💀

[@cazwalt9013]

I don't think they can sustain themselves without Denmark. So I think independence isn't a good idea for them.

[@TheBarser]

Currently they can't. They would have to sell there soul to another country like the US if they did

[@millur7025]

Greenland probably couldn’t yet, the Faroes could, the politicians are boneheads tho, I wouldn’t want them to lead the country, but that’s probably true for most countries.

[@only_fair23]

They couldn't sustain their curreent lifestyle without denmark. That said, it's not exactly costly for Denmark. Greenlands got a population of a small village.

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

​@@only_fair23village? An average city in the Scandinavian region I would say.

[@Blyatuber]

The fact that Greenland and the Faroe Islands, having almost the exact same population but the first being like 75 times larger than the latter one. Wild.

[@JesperSandgreen]

try 1500 times larger... 2.166.000 km2 vs 1400 km2

[@Verynerdysquid]

DANMARK!!!!

[@JJ-ev9uz]

It’s surprise that the UK didn’t try and take it over at some point considering it’s fairly close to then

[@AsbjornOlling]

Calling Greenland a "county" is pretty misleading. It's not a county, it's a COUNTRY. A country under the Kingdom of Denmark, but a separate country. They have their own parliament, their own police, etc. Same goes for the Faroe Islands. The Kingdom of Denmark contains three countries: not "counties" or "colonies"

[@itsmanxzyxd5087]

Tf is “counny”?

[@mariatheresavonhabsburg]

​@@itsmanxzyxd5087 He probably ment to write "county".

[@mariannegaarde8662]

Greenland ranked as a county (amt) within Denmark from 1953 to 1979.

[@SuperMistertoast]

⁠​⁠@@mariannegaarde8662yes. But the video skipped that change in 1979 so I understand that it was easy to misunderstand

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

It's a *Constituate Country & Territory.* It is not a "Country". Really.

[@thortorin9954]

unlike Iceland, neither Faroe Islands or Greenland would be able to be completely independent, since at least under the Kingdom of Denmark they are protected, they don't have to worry about defending their borders, if any of these territories would gain independence, most likely they would either lose it again to another power that might disregard the people that live there, or in the case of Greenland their borders might not be respected, Specially by US and Russia

[@damackabet.4611]

Yeah greenlands independence just means russia or usa steps in and its either annexed or protected with military bases by one of the two.

[@DogOnAShip]

No Greenland isn't that big, check out The True size of... it's a map that shows you the real size of counties, Australia is way bigger then Greenland.

[@oddchannel8452]

Denmark would still be the second biggest country in europe behind Russia if it Greenland was counted in.

[@zach2382]

@@oddchannel8452Well guess what if we count the border of Europe being the Ural river goes through Kazakhstan sus meaning Kazakhstan would be the second biggest country in Europe

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

Greenland is a bit smaller than Algeria.

[@oddchannel8452]

@@zach2382 no because thats still not the whole of kazakhstan, not even close

[@zach2382]

@@oddchannel8452 do know what continent Greenland is in? North America so all I need to say is this: No that will not be the whole of Denmark in Europe not even close

[@fredbijl3709]

Are they considered separate countries within a union like England, Wales and Scotland are within the UK, or are they just territories?

[@zachv]

They are called countries, even though they’re not sovereign nations, which is what most people referred to when they use the word country

[@jeffs4483]

Western Imperialism alive and well in 2023.

[@Lin.Do.n]

Greenland can litteraly leave whenever it want. It's parliament have had the right to call a referendum since 2009. It doesn't because Denmark pays half of its budget, plus other forms of support. The economy and living standard would collapse if it left.

[@Lrasm13]

Jeff is the only person in the world who is complete free of any ancestors that in any way is related to oppressors

[@lau6438]

Greenland would never survive as a self governing country. This is the best outcome for them.

[@trashpostersanonymous]

DANMAAAAAAAAAAARK!!! 🇩🇰💪🇩🇰💪🇩🇰💪🇩🇰💪🇩🇰💪 NUMMER 1!!!!

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

LOL, be mad about nothing, crybaby.

[@scp05-redacted42]

The fact that the moment I saw denmark, and a voice talking english, and my brain going "THEY KNOW WE EXCIST" ... we're starved for attention mate

[@manuelwhoelse]

It's so interesting, how two countries with that much of a difference in landmass differ in population by only around 4000 people.

[@TheFrecklish]

Only *2000 as of 2023. The numbers used in the video are from 2021.

[@CountryEdits690]

Faroe Islands 🇫🇴- 52,000 people Greenland 🇬🇱- 56,000 people But the size difference💀💀

[@HeliumFreak]

To think greenland and the Faroe islands have the same population is a little crazy

[@kovicrisi1726]

Crazy how both greenland and faroe islands have the same amount of population yet one is colossal compared to the other.

[@Dontbestupidostupido]

Im from egypt and faroese 😊😊😊born and raised in denmark tho 😊😊

[@jacobkratz3485]

I’m coming from Denmark 🇩🇰 😊

[@chunkylefunga]

Why did you make Greenland so massive on this map?

[@zachv]

He didn’t make the map

[@Romanian_maper]

Možeš li mi reći koliko je sati tamo?molim?

[@kk440635NORWAY]

I have been in Denmark and Greenland, and hope someday to go to the Faroe Islands. I know that Greenland and Faroe Islands are autonomous countries with self-government. But which of these two (Faroe Islands and Greenland) is more independent and decides more about itself? I've always wondered about that? 🇬🇱🇫🇴

[@Lin.Do.n]

They have the same level of autonomy. The Parliament in DK, with Faroese and Greenlandic members, controls foreign, military and monetary policy. Plus the Supreme Court in Denmark os the highest court for all. Everything else is devolved to the respective Parliaments in Faroese Islands and Greenland.

[@kk440635NORWAY]

@@Lin.Do.n thank you for informative answer :-)

[@geraldmeehan8942]

More people live in Clark County, IN where I live than both Danish colonies combined

[@andrejbielousov4931]

Autonomous referendum sounds like Oculus Flippendo!

[@glowdustydusty8353]

They also did experiment on us and i still believe some small part in Denmark is still doing experiment on us

[@1987MartinT]

I do feel like it's kinda shitty that the Faroe Islands were denied independence. I do wonder, however, if they are self-sufficient enough to be independent. Greenland is very dependent on Denmark, and so, while it has it's own government separate from the Danish one, wouldn't benefit from being fully independent. But I don't know if the same is true for the Faroe Islands. It could be that the Faroese believed they were self-sufficient enough to be independent, and the Danes disagreed, and that's why they denied independence. But it could also be because they didn't want to lose the territory. If so, then that was a scummy thing to do.

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Some of the Virgin Islands used to be Danish until they were sold to the USA about a century ago...

[@Pigzel]

yes, once you pull green land closer to the equator its way smaller than africa.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Greenland isn't as big as it looks on a flat map. South America is 9 times the size of Greenland. Flat maps stretch as they move towards the poles.

[@counterleo]

Not all flat maps, only conformal ones. Equal-area flat maps, as their name suggest, preserve areas - at the expense of angles.

[@-inthevalley-]

never realized how close Greenland and the Faroe Islands are in population

[@counterleo]

Your Mercator projected map makes it look like Greenland is big, but it's not. Smaller than Algeria.

[@zach2382]

Yes, the smaller than the 10th largest country on earth that means Greenland so tiny

[@Icy_5811]

Faroe Islands has way less people than I thought. At most I thought 200,000

[@ivanjovanovic362]

Who went to the north of Greenland and said - yup, this is where I want to live

[@bryceherring946]

I'm not clear, other than a massive annual budget expense, as to what real benefit tiny little Denmark gets from having Greenland? Is it simply more of a strategic asset just for future rights? Its interesting how such a tiny nation like Denmark then owns such a massive piece of land, would either Greenland or the islands ever be able to function completely on their own without funding from Denmark? I highly doubt it

[@Sans________________________96]

Explain Greenland and nuvatu

[@MrCoppify]

"Most sparsely populated" Antarctica left the chat

[@zach2382]

Antarctica doesn’t have a permanent population is not a country and had a lot of other reasons why it’s not counted

[@endermanxd45]

Greenland in this map type:🍷🗿 Greenland in real live:😑