Sweden critical of Trump’s latest push for Greenland
- U.S. President Trump has appointed Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland, who he said would lead the charge in making Greenland part of the United States.
- The news was met with immediate criticism, including from Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard of the Moderates, who said only Greenland and Denmark can make decisions that concern them.
- Talks of the U.S. buying Greenland began long before Trump, but this year Trump said he could not rule out an annexation.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Yukon Legislative Assembly resumes with the largest government caucus in territory’s history, CBC News
Denmark: Washington’s new envoy to Denmark pledges more US support for Greenland, Thomson Reuters
Finland: Finland’s border fence almost ready in Lapland, Yle News
Iceland: NATO chief to Arctic Allies: “We’re all frontline states now,” as Iceland’s role grows, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Suspected illegal Arctic border crossing from Russia to Norway, person detained, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Russia withdraws from Euro-Arctic rescue cooperation, The Independent Barents Observer
Sweden: NATO sends more ships to High North “amid increasing operational demands”, The Independent Barents Observer
United States: Gwich’in want Carney to advocate for protecting caribou, oppose Trump’s Alaska oil plans, CBC News
