Focus on this artwork and analyze the Funding.
The statue itself was paid for by Greenlanders and erected in 1922. The project was meant to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Egede's arrival in Greenland.: 5  The funds were raised by private collection under secular and religious authorities as well as through donations provided by churchgoers in Denmark.: 5  Until 1953, Greenland was still a Danish colony and the country did not receive self-governing autonomy until 2009.: 7  Views of the statue have evolved as attitudes towards Denmark change.
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