Civil unions in Greenland

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Same-sex civil unions
Recognized nationwide in:
Denmark (1989) | Norway (1993)
Israel1 (1994) | Sweden (1995)
Greenland (1996) | Hungary1 (1996)
Iceland (1996) | France (1999)
Germany (2001) | Portugal (2001)
Finland (2002) | Croatia1 (2003)
Luxembourg (2004) | New Zealand (2005)
United Kingdom (2005) | Andorra (2005)
Czech Republic1 (2006) | Slovenia (2006)
Switzerland (2007) | Uruguay (2007)
Was recognized before
legalization of same-sex marriage in:
Netherlands (nationwide) (1998)
Spain (12 of 14 communities) (1998)
South Africa (1999)
Belgium (nationwide) (2000)
Canada (QC, NS and MB)2 (2000)
Recognized in some regions in:
United States (6 states) (1997)
Argentina (Buenos Aires, Rio Negro) (2003)
Australia (Tasmania, ACT) (2004)
Italy (Some municipallies) (2004)
Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) (2004)
Mexico (Mexico City) (2006)
Recognition debated in:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Mexico (Coahuila)
Mexico (Colima)
Poland
United States
Notes:
1 - In form of common-law marriage.
2 - Explicitly referred to as "civil unions" in Quebec (2002), and called "domestic partnership" in Nova Scotia (2001). In Manitoba (2002), common-law marriage extended to same-sex partners nationwide (2000).
See also
Same-sex marriage
Registered partnership
Domestic partnership
Common-law marriage
Marriage, unions and partnerships by country
Homosexuality laws of the world
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The Danish same-sex partnership law was extented to Greenland in 1996.