Following fresh threats by US President Donald Trump to take the Arctic territory by force, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has cautioned that Denmark is facing a “decisive moment” regarding the future of Greenland. 

Frederiksen stated that there is currently an open dispute over Greenland, with consequences that extend well beyond the island’s future, in advance of meetings in Washington, DC, on international competition for vital raw materials. 

“This is a decisive moment,” she said during a debate with other Danish political leaders, stressing that the stakes extend beyond Greenland alone.
 

Denmark is “ready to defend our values, wherever it is necessary – also in the Arctic,” according to a social media post by Frederiksen, who also stated that the nation supports international law and peoples’ right to self-determination. 

In reaction to Trump’s recent comments about the self-governing Danish territory, Germany and Sweden expressed their strong support for Denmark. 

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson condemned what he described as threatening rhetoric from Washington after Trump said the United States would “do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not.”
 

“Sweden, the Nordic countries, the Baltic states and several major European nations stand together with our Danish friends,” Kristersson said at a defence conference, which was attended by NATO’s top US general.