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Björk renews call for Greenland to declare independence from Denmark Donald Trump threatens again annex the island.
this icelandic singer On Monday, she shared an impassioned post on Instagram urging residents of neighboring territories to secede from the Kingdom of Denmark, as Iceland did in 1944. She called for action amid growing concerns that Trump could order U.S. troops to invade Denmark. resource rich land follow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrested. Concerns about takeover intensify after interview published atlantic magazine on Sunday, the president said: “We absolutely need Greenland. We need it for defense.”
“I wish all Greenlanders blessings in their struggle for independence,” Bjork wrote. “Colonialism has repeatedly sent shivers down my spine with fear, and the possibility that my fellow Greenlanders could go from one cruel colonizer to another is too cruel to imagine,” he added.
Greenland A colony of the Danish Crown until 1953, it is now an autonomous territory of Denmark with two representatives in the Danish Parliament. The region of 57,000 people relies heavily on Denmark for half of its public budget and relies on the country to control its foreign affairs and defence. However, the island has the right to hold a referendum to declare independence.
Björk, 60, expressed her gratitude for her country’s split from Denmark in the post, writing that her fellow Icelanders were “very relieved that we successfully seceded from Denmark in 1944 and that we did not lose our language (my children now speak Danish)”.
She went on to denounce Denmark’s control of Greenland, acknowledging 143 women filed lawsuits last year blame the government Force them to wear intrauterine devices without their knowledge or consent to limit Greenland’s population growth. An official investigation has found that around 4,500 Greenlandic Aboriginal women were affected by forced contraception campaigns from the 1960s to the 1990s. Denmark has apologized and Announcement of Settlement Fund Compensate all eligible victims.
Björk also slammed the May 2025 ban on parental competency tests, which sparked decades of controversy for being biased against Greenlandic families, as yet another dehumanizing policy in Denmark. The tests forced family separations, and Inuit children were removed from their parents and given to Danish foster families.
“To this day, the Danes treat Greenlanders like second-class humans,” the artist wrote, concluding: “Dear Greenlanders, declare independence!!!! Sympathetic wishes from neighbors. Warmth.”
This is not the first time Björk has encouraged Greenland to secede from Denmark. She even has a song called “Declaration of Independence” This is specifically for Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which are also constituent countries of Denmark.
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen On Monday it said both Greenland and Denmark had rejected Trump’s aspirations for Greenlandtold public broadcaster DR: “I have made the position of the Kingdom of Denmark very clear, and Greenland has stated many times that it does not want to be part of the United States.”
The White House did not immediately return The Independent Request to comment. .
