Is Greenland considered part of Europe or North America?

56.000 people lives in all of Greenland today. In Denmark lives 15.000 Greenlanders, who are born on Greenland. Greenlanders generally don't consider them selfs part of an actual continent. read more

Although Greenland is considered an autonomous country of Denmark, it is generally considered to be geographically a part of North America, as it is much closer to Canada than it is to Mainland Europe. read more

Greenland is part of Europe and was until recently a dependancy of Denmark. Greenland is geographically considered part of the North American continent, and is the world's largest (non-continent) island, with approximately 85% of it covered by ice. So basically it is not part of a continent. read more