Denmark's king to visit Greenland amid Trump crisis

STOCKHOLM, Jan 29 (Reuters) - ⁠Denmark's King Frederik ⁠said ‍on Thursday he will visit Greenland from February 18 to 20 as the Nordic ‍nation asserts its sovereignty over the Arctic island ​in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated demands for control.

Trump ​says the United States needs Greenland for national security but last week backed away from threats to seize the island by ​force and withdrew proposed tariffs on countries that oppose annexation. He instead launched diplomatic talks seeking greater ​access, though Washington already has broad permission to station troops there.

The king, ‌who last visited the autonomous territory in April 2025, said he hopes to give Greenlanders ​a morale boost at a ⁠difficult time.

"I sense that they are worried, and for me it's a pleasure to ‌go and meet them," Frederik told reporters while on a visit to Lithuania.

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen says that if ‌forced to choose between the U.S. and Denmark, Greenlanders would choose ‌Denmark.

The island's government said on Wednesday it had launched a survey of the population's mental health situation at a time of ‍extraordinary pressure.

"The background for this is the current foreign policy situation, where statements ⁠from the U.S. president about taking over Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) have created insecurity and concern among many people," the government said in a statement.

(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, editing by Ros Russell and Terje Solsvik)

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