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Nordic leaders meet to discuss the security situation

Donald Trump says he believes the USA will gain control over Greenland. But he receives opposition from Denmark's Mette Frederiksen, who on Sunday evening discussed the issue with the Nordic prime ministers.

» Published: January 26 2025

Nordic leaders meet to discuss the security situation
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"Lunch conversation in Copenhagen with close friends and allies from Denmark, Norway, and Finland", writes Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) on X about the conversation, which, in addition to Greenland, also dealt with the new security situation and Sunday's suspected cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea and support for Ukraine.

"We have always stood united in the Nordic region. And with the new and more unpredictable reality we are facing, it has become even more important to have good and close alliances and friendships", writes Mette Frederiksen on Instagram about the dinner where Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre also participated.

The leaders' hastily convened conversation came after Donald Trump's latest outburst about Greenland, where the US President claimed it would be "a very unfriendly act" if Denmark did not allow the US to take control of the island.

It has nothing to do with the USA except that it is we who can give them freedom. They cannot do it, he said, referring to Denmark.

I think the people want to be with us.

Think about history

Mette Frederiksen responded in an interview with Danish TV2 that Trump should think about the countries' history.

I think at least it's important that everyone in the USA remembers what a good ally Denmark has been, not just now as a hindrance to the Russians in Europe, but historically.

Frederiksen is said to have repeated to Donald Trump in a phone call a week ago that Greenland is not for sale, according to sources to Financial Times. Trump is said to have refused to listen.

One of the sources describes the 45-minute long conversation as "awful". The Prime Minister's staff tells the newspaper that they "do not recognize the descriptions of the phone call".

Bildt: Take the threats seriously

Sweden's former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (M) comments on Trump's outburst about Greenland on X. He writes that Denmark – and the EU – must "take the threats seriously".

"Trump really wants to expand the USA's territory by getting Greenland", writes Bildt and continues: "Before American soldiers storm into (Greenland's capital) Nuuk, Denmark and the EU must prepare for a serious confrontation."

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