Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/6 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation A statue of Trump, Greenlandic and Danish flags and placards at a protest outside the US embassy in Copenhagen last weekend. Photograph: Johan Nilsson/TT/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen A statue of Trump, Greenlandic and Danish flags and placards at a protest outside the US embassy in Copenhagen last weekend. Photograph: Johan Nilsson/TT/Shutterstock ‘We need to fight’: Trump Greenland threat brings sense of unity in DenmarkThe US president has galvanised the Danish population against him, while Danes’ relations with Greenlanders are ‘under reparation’ For the past three weeks, 24 hours a day, Denmark has been consumed by discussions about whether or not Greenland, a largely self-governing part of the Danish kingdom, will be invaded by the US, the Danes’ closest ally.“We got a wake-up call,” said Linea Obbekjær, 64, as she left a supermarket with her bike in Copenhagen’s sprawling Østerbro neighbourhood. “So we are thinking about what is important to us.” Many had been spurred by recent events to take action. “People want to do something,” said Obbekjær. “Not sit and look at the television, but go out and do something.” View image in fullscreen Linea Obbekjær. Photograph: Donald Chambers/The GuardianThe country is working through a shared sense of anger and bewilderment that has…
Published: January 23, 2026 5:36 pm
Source: The Guardian — Read original