Denmark Danish king visits Trump's dream island of Greenland
Denmark is playing its most prominent joker in the face of US President Donald Trump's Greenland claims. The Danish King Frederik X landed at the international airport in the Greenlandic capital Nuuk at midday together with the new Greenlandic head of government Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
29.04.2025, 18:20
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This was shown in pictures from the DR and TV 2 channels. Greenland is largely autonomous, but is officially part of the Kingdom of Denmark, as are the Faroe Islands. Frederik is therefore also the head of the almost 57,000 inhabitants of the world's largest island and is extremely popular there.
The Danish king has largely representative duties and is generally very reserved on current political issues. However, in view of Trump's repeated statements about a takeover of Greenland, his visit is seen as a political signal from Copenhagen that is intended to underline the cohesion of the Kingdom of Denmark.
"I am not on a mission. I'm traveling to Greenland and I'm happy every time I come to Greenland," Frederik said in the port of Nuuk in response to a question from a journalist. He did not comment further to reporters. Both the Danish and Greenlandic sides have repeatedly and clearly rejected Trump's desires and emphasized that the Greenlanders will decide their own future.
Frederik had originally planned to arrive in Nuuk the evening before, but the flight was delayed due to poor weather conditions.
Several items on his itinerary also had to be canceled, including a visit to a military station in the remote north of Greenland. According to the royal family, a fjord tour, a traditional meeting with citizens over coffee in the Katuaq cultural center, a hike and a dinner hosted by Nielsen in a historic house in the city were initially planned. On Wednesday, Frederik plans to visit the Greenlandic university Ilisimatusarfik.
