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Björk’s statement arrives after US President Donald Trump told reporters "we need Greenland from the standpoint of national security”, according to BBC. This is reportedly one of multiple instances that Trump has proposed the annexation of Greenland — a semi-autonomous Danish territory — as part of the United States.
Greenland's Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen responded, stating: “No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation. We are open to dialogue. We are open to discussions. But this must happen through the proper channels and with respect for international law." This follows Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen comment that "the US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom.”
Today, Björk joined the conversation with a social media post, urging Greenlanders to call for independence from the Danish Kingdom altogether. Although Greenland was granted autonomy in 1979, and further self-governance in 2009, Björk has hit back against Denmark for the state’s actions as a “cruel coloniser”.
“i wish all greenlanders blessing in their fight for independence,” she writes.
“icelanders are extremely relieved that they managed to break from the danish in 1944, we didn't loose our language ( my children would be speaking danish now ),” the post continues.
“and i burst with sympathy for greenlanders, repeatedly, especially like when the case came up about the forced contraception, where 4500 girls as young as 12 got IUD without their knowledge between 1966 and 1970,” she notes, with reference links included at the end of the post. “.... they are my age and younger ... childless .... and still today the danish are treating greenlanders like they are second class humans. removing children from their parents in 2025 !”
“colonialism has repeatedly given me horror chills up my back, and the chance that my fellow greenlanders might go from one cruel coloniser to another is too brutal to even imagine,” she concludes.
"’úr öskunni i eldinn’ , like we say in icelandic.”
“dear greenlanders
declare independence !!!!
sympathetic wishes from your neighbours warmthness björk”
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