Aerial photo of Greenland. Source: Túrelio, 2006, Wikimedia-Commons, CC-BY-SA-2.5

Sweden, Norway and Finland stand fully behind Denmark after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen asked the U.S. to stop the threats against Denmark and Greenland on Sunday evening.

This was announced by the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, and the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, on Sunday evening in separate posts on the social media X.

“Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on issues concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully supports our neighboring country,” writes Ulf Kristersson.

“Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Norway fully supports the Kingdom of Denmark,” writes Jonas Gahr Støre.

Alexander Stubb shared the statement from Mette Frederiksen in his post on X and wrote:

“No one makes decisions on behalf of Greenland and Denmark, except for Greenland and Denmark itself. Our Nordic friend Denmark and the Prime Minister have our full support.”

In addition to sending a strong call on Sunday to the U.S. to stop the threats against Denmark and Greenland, Mette Frederiksen also wrote that it makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the U.S. to take over Greenland.

“The United States has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Commonwealth. The Kingdom of Denmark is part of NATO and is therefore covered by the alliance’s security guarantee,” the Danish Prime Minister’s post reads.

Frederiksen’s message came after U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated in an interview with The Atlantic earlier on Sunday that the United States needs Greenland.

Trump first spoke about American ownership of Greenland in 2019. After he was re-elected in November, he has raised the subject at regular intervals.

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who is the chairman of Naalakkersuisut, the government of Greenland, has also had enough.

“When the U.S. president talks about the U.S. ‘needing Greenland’ and links Greenland with Venezuela and military intervention, it is ‘disrespectful,’” Jens-Frederik Nielsen wrote on Facebook on Sunday evening.

“Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more innuendo. “No more fantasies about annexation,” the president said, referring to Greenland as “not an object of great power rhetoric.”

Also on Monday night, Trump reiterated that he believes the United States needs Greenland for national security reasons. He also declined to answer whether he plans to take action against Greenland.

Source: Politiken (in Danish)