Greenlandic election seen as positive by experts

Last night’s Greenlandic election resulted in a surprising landslide victory for the moderate party Demokraatit, who won 30 percent of the votes – a 20 percent rise for the party since the last election.

Greenlanders chose more independence – from both Denmark and the USA (Photo: Pixabay)

Christoffer Friis Christensen

Mar 12, 2025

The result has experts on Greenland, Danish security policy and the arctic as a whole hopeful, as it is a sign of a Greenland that rejects U.S president Donald Trump’s attempts to politically annex the country under the umbrella of the United States. At the same time, however, it is a sign of the Greenlanders […]

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Greenlanders chose more independence – from both Denmark and the USA (Photo: Pixabay)

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