| Native Name: | |
| Conventional Long Name: | Colony of Greenland |
| Common Name: | Greenland |
| Subdivision: | Colony |
| Nation: | Denmark |
| Government Type: | Monarchy Colony |
| Title Leader: | King |
| Title Deputy: | Governor |
| Leader1: | Frederik IX |
| Year Leader1: | 1950–1953 |
| Deputy1: | Poul Hugo Lundsteen |
| Year Deputy1: | 1950–1953 |
| Capital: | Godthaab (Nuuk) |
| Year Start: | 1950 |
| Year End: | 1953 |
| Event Start: | Unification of North Greenland and South Greenland |
| Event End: | Greenland established as a County of Denmark |
| Date End: | 5 June |
| Era: | Post-war |
| Flag Type: | Flag of Denmark |
| P1: | North Greenland |
| Flag P1: | Flag of Denmark.svg |
| P2: | South Greenland |
| Flag P2: | Flag of Denmark.svg |
| S1: | County of Greenland, Denmark |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Denmark.svg |
The colony of Greenland was a Danish colony created in 1950 with the union of North Greenland and South Greenland, and was ruled by one governor.[1] In 1953, the colony of Greenland was made an equal part of Denmark as an amt.