2024 in Greenland

Events in the year 2024 in Greenland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Margrethe II (until 14 January), Frederik X
• High Commissioner – Julie Præst Wilche
• Premier – Múte Bourup Egede

Events

June

• 24 June – The international airport terminal partially opens in Nuuk.
• 25 June – Google Translate adds support for Kalaallisut.
• 27 June - A polar bear is sighted in Disko Bay near Alluttoq Island, north of Ilulissat.
• 29 June - The yearly Danish royal visit begins. King Frederik and Queen Mary land at Pituffik Space Base and are greeted by Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede.
• 30 June - Two people are hospitalized after a fire in Paamiut.

July

• 21 July - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, the founder of Sea Shepherd, is arrested shortly after arriving in Nuuk for a refueling stop aboard the vessel John Paul DeJoria by virtue of an Interpol notice requested by Japan in 2012.

Sports

• 2024 Greenlandic Football Championship

Holidays

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 28 March – Maundy Thursday
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 31 March – Easter Sunday
• 1 April – Easter Monday
• 26 April – Prayer Day
• 9 May – Ascension Day
• 20 May – Whit Monday
• 21 June – Greenland National Day
• 24 December – Christmas Eve
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Christmas Holiday
• 31 December – New Year's Eve

References