Our world is insane right now... and getting worse by the day, so honestly, the hullabaloo about Greenland has been 'noticed' but I've not had any time to take a peek into this topic.
I still don't.
But while I munched on a very late lunch at my desk, I was skimming some AI info, doing some Duck-Duck-Go searches, reading some various news articles and coverage from both UK and US news sources.
When I came across this news article that interviewed and asked regular Greenlanders so speak... I was surprised at a few things. It wasn't the journalist giving their opinions or views (which we all know are paid for propaganda for the most part) but three people interviewed gave some interesting perspectives.
I don't have time to devote any more today... but it's on my list for later this week to do more research.
These blurbs from the entirety: https://nypost.com/2026/01/16/world-news/greenlanders-speak-out-against-danish-rule-they-stole-our-future/
Petersen does not see Trump as a savior — but she does see his interest as an opportunity.
Native Greenlander Amarok Petersen was 27 years old when she learned the gut-wrenching truth about why she couldn’t have children — and that Denmark was to blame.
Suffering from severe uterine problems, a medical doctor discovered an IUD birth control device in her body that she didn’t know she had.
Danish doctors had implanted it when she was just 13 as part of a population control program for thousands of native Greenlandic girls and women.
“I will never have children,” Petersen told The Post, with tears of anger and sorrow welling in her eyes. “That choice was taken from me.”
Even in adulthood, medical decisions were made without Petersen’s consent. Plagued with problems after the IUD, she had repeated surgeries for unexplained pain. It wasn’t until years later that doctors informed her that her fallopian tubes had been removed in one of the operations in the early 2000s.
Her family also suffered under Denmark’s so-called “Little Danes experiment,” in which Greenlandic children were forcibly sent to Denmark for adoption or institutional care — often permanently separated from their families, she said.
The program, which ran from the 1950s through the 1970s, was part of Denmark’s broader effort to assimilate Greenlandic children, often without parental consent.
It happened to her mother’s brother, Petersen said. Other relatives were subjected to medical experimentation, she added.
“They wanted us smaller,” she said. “Easier to manage.”
Denmark announced in December compensation for victims of forced sterilization, but Petersen called the payments another insult. The women are being offered about $46,000 in reparations.
As the United States renews interest in Greenland — with President Trump recently expressing a desire to buy the island — Danish officials have repeatedly emphasized that “Greenland is not for sale.” But many Greenlanders argue that slogan masks a deeper truth: Denmark still governs Greenland, not Greenlanders themselves.
“They think we are worth pennies,” she said. “They destroyed generations, and now they say, ‘Here — be quiet.’”
‘Greenland is for Greenlanders’ — but controlled by Denmark
Greenlanders interviewed by The Post said they are not ready to swap Denmark for US ownership, as Trump has prioritized; they want independence after years of what some described as generations of trauma, displacement and economic exploitation that still shape daily life across the island.
Although Denmark often points to subsidies as proof of generosity, Jensen said the system keeps Greenlanders trapped — with high costs, low wages and little chance to build wealth.
“It’s about affordability,” she said. “Pay versus cost. There is no balance.”
Fishing price hikes
The imbalance is especially stark in fishing — Greenland’s most important industry.
Elias Lunge, a fisherman who has worked the waters for 40 years, said Greenlanders do the labor while Denmark and large corporations capture the value.
“We fish the cod,” Lunge said. “Then it’s frozen whole, shipped out, processed elsewhere and sold for much more.”
In some settlements, fishermen are paid as little as $1.86 per kilo for cod. In Nuuk, the same fish can fetch $2.95. Once processed and sold abroad, the price climbs far higher.
“It’s our fish,” Lunge said, gesturing to freshly caught and filleted Greenlandic redfish, dolphin and seals. “Why shouldn’t the money stay here?”
Petersen agreed, explaining that many Greenlanders simply lose hope. The island has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, according to researchers, with an estimated 81 per 100,000 people annually killing themselves.
“They took our resources. They took our bodies. And then they told us to thank them,” she said of Danes. “How do you thank someone who stole your future?”
Petersen doesn’t want to stay quiet as her critics argue the Danes “protect” Greenland from Trump.
Speaking out against the atrocities isn’t anti-Danish, but simply what is needed to heal, make change and get independence, she said.
Petersen does not see Trump as a savior — but she does see his interest as an opportunity.
“At least he challenges Denmark’s control,” she said. “That conversation was never allowed before.”
For her, independence is not about choosing between Denmark and the US — it is about finally being treated as human beings with the right to decide.
“We are only 55,000 people,” Petersen said. “If someone truly cared, this would already be fixed.”
Instead, she said, Greenland remains spoken for — but rarely listened to.
“They talk about our land,” she said. “They just never talk to us.”
