Erik the Red's Land
Erik the Red's Land (Norwegian: Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in the early 1930s. It was named after Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse or Viking settlements in Greenland in the 10th century. The Permanent Court of International Justice ruled against Norway in 1933, and the country subsequently abandoned its claims.
| Erik the Red's Land Eirik Raudes Land | |||||||||
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| Unrecognized territory | |||||||||
| 1931–1933 | |||||||||
Erik the Red's Land | |||||||||
| Capital | Myggbukta (unofficial) | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1931–1933 | Haakon VII | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1932–1933 | Helge Ingstad | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Norwegian proclamation | 10 July 1931 | ||||||||
• Territory awarded to Denmark | 5 April 1933 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Northeast Greenland National Park | ||||||||
The area once had an Inuit population, but the last member was seen in 1823 by Douglas Clavering in Clavering Island. By 1931, that part of Greenland was uninhabited and included only three main Norwegian stations (Jonsbu, Myggbukta and Antarctic Havn) and numerous smaller ones.
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