Denmark–United States relations#Greenland

File:President Trump Meets with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark (49170427867).jpg and US President Donald Trump at the 2019 London summit]]

Diplomatic relations date back to 1783, when Denmark signed a commercial treaty with the United States.{{cite book |title= The Growth of Scandinavian Law|author= Lester B. Orfield|author2= Benjamin F. Boyer|name-list-style=amp|year= 2002|isbn= 9781584771807|page= 152|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=133bkwvienYC&pg=PA152|access-date=4 March 2011}} In 1792, Denmark recognized the independence of the United States.{{cite web|url= http://denmark.usembassy.gov/about_the_embassy/embassy-history.html|title= Embassy of the United States in Copenhagen, Denmark|author= Government of the United States of America|access-date= 4 March 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110205130029/http://denmark.usembassy.gov/about_the_embassy/embassy-history.html|archive-date= 5 February 2011|url-status= dead}} In 1801, diplomatic relations were established, and an American legation was opened in Denmark. The diplomatic relations have never experienced an interruption, since 1801.{{cite web|title=A guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic and Consular relations by country since 1776: Denmark|url=https://history.state.gov/countries/denmark|publisher=Office of the Historian|access-date=4 November 2011}}

In 1801, Denmark became an ally of France and its war against Great Britain, and the Danish Navy seized American merchant ships. A treaty of commerce was signed in 1826, and Denmark agreed to pay the United States an indemnity of $650,000. During the American Civil War, Lincoln proposed to purchase the Danish West Indies to better maintain its blockade of the Confederacy. The United States Senate refused to go along, and negotiations continued intermittently for five more decades, but both sides had internal opposition.

{{Further|Treaty of the Danish West Indies}}

Denmark was neutral in World War I, but suffered a significant disruption in trade, and decided its colonies were a financial burden, especially as the inhabitants were restive. The United States did not want Germany to purchase the islands of Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, and Saint John.Bruce W. Jentleson and Thomas G. Paterson, eds. Encyclopedia of US Foreign Relations. (1997) 2:8. In 1916, Denmark sold their Danish West Indies to the United States, and both countries signed the Treaty of the Danish West Indies. The sale for $25 million deal was finalized on 17 January 1917. On 31 March 1917, the United States took possession of the islands and the territory was renamed the Virgin Islands of the United States.{{cite web|url= http://www.doi.gov/oia/pdf/vitreaty.pdf|title= Convention between the United States and Denmark ETC|date= 4 August 1916|work= Secretary of State of the United States|publisher= US Department of the Interior|access-date= 4 March 2011|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035908/http://www.doi.gov/oia/pdf/vitreaty.pdf|archive-date= 21 July 2011}}Fogdall, Soren, Danish-American diplomacy, 1776-1920 (1922) [https://archive.org/details/danishamericandi00fogdiala/page/n2 Online]

During World War II, in April 1941, the United States worked with Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark's ambassador to Washington, to establish a temporary protectorate over Greenland.{{cite news |title= Today in Washington|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dn1IAAAAIBAJ&pg=1729,4194377&dq=&hl=en|newspaper= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date= 12 April 1941|access-date=4 March 2011}}Bo Lidegaard, Defiant Diplomacy: Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark, and the United States in World War II and the Cold War, 1939-1958 (Peter Lang, 2003).

In 1947, the Danish Legation to the United States was upgraded to embassy status by President Truman.{{cite news |last1=TIMES |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK |title=U.S., DANISH ENVOYS RAISED; Will Be Made Ambassadors as Legations Become Embassies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/02/07/archives/us-danish-envoys-raised-will-be-made-ambassadors-as-legations.html |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=7 February 1947}}

Rejecting Denmark's long history of neutrality, it joined NATO as a founding member in 1949. Danish troops deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the United Nations peacekeeping force were assigned to the American sector, coming under direct American command.Jentleson and Paterson, eds. Encyclopedia of US Foreign Relations. (1997) 2:9.

Denmark, a member of the EU, sanctioned Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. In 2023, US President Biden met with Danish prime minister Frederiksen at the Oval Office and praised Denmark for 'standing up' for Ukraine in war with Russia.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-06 |title=Biden praises Denmark for 'standing up' for Ukraine in war with Russia |url=https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/biden-praises-denmark-for-standing-up-for-ukraine-in-war-with-russia-123060600013_1.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Business Standard |language=en-US}}

In the following days, Denmark, the US, the UK, and the Netherlands released a joint statement on delivering ‘high priority’ air defence equipment to Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=Joint statement by Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-by-denmark-the-netherlands-the-uk-and-the-usa |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}

Denmark is active in Afghanistan and Kosovo as well as a leader in the Baltic region. Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen reaffirmed that Denmark would remain engaged in Iraq even as its troop levels declined.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} Denmark was the only Scandinavian country to approve of the American Invasion of Iraq, and Denmark and the United States consult closely on European political and security matters. Denmark shares U.S. views on the positive ramifications of NATO enlargement. Denmark is an active coalition partner in the war on terrorism, and Danish troops are supporting American-led stabilization efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The United States also engages Denmark in a broad cooperative agenda through the Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe; The U.S. policy structure to strengthen U.S.-Nordic-Baltic policy and program coordination.{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3167.htm#relations |title= US - Danish relations|publisher=US Department of State|access-date=4 March 2011}}{{Cite web |title=Congressional Friends of Denmark caucus with Danish Prime Minister – American-Danish Business Council |url=https://usadk.org/congressional-friends-of-denmark/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |language=en-US}}

Denmark's active liberal trade policy in the European Union, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and World Trade Organization largely coincides with U.S. interests. The U.S. is Denmark's largest non-European trade partner with about 5% of Danish merchandise trade. Denmark's role in European environmental and agricultural issues and its strategic location at the entrance to the Baltic Sea have made Copenhagen a center for U.S. agencies and the private sector dealing with the Nordic/Baltic region.

File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Greenlandic Premier Egede, Greenlandic Foreign Minister Broberg, and Danish Foreign Minister Kofod - 51193788983.jpg meets with Greenlandic Premier Múte Bourup Egede in 2021]]

Shortly before the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire, United States Secretary of State William H. Seward attempted to buy both Greenland and Iceland from Denmark, but was unsuccessful.{{Cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarlin/2019/08/21/could-greenland-be-the-new-alaska/ |title = Could Greenland be the New Alaska?| website=Forbes }}

Following World War II, the United States developed a geopolitical interest in Greenland, and in 1946, the United States offered to buy Greenland from Denmark for $100,000,000, but Denmark refused to sell.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,778870,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221020734/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,778870,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2009 |magazine=Time |date=1947-01-27 |title=Deepfreeze Defense}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/nr_comment/nr_comment050701b.shtml |work=National Review |date=2001-05-07 |title=Let's Buy Greenland! — A complete missile-defense plan |first=John J. |last=Miller}}

Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. Space Force base and early warning radar at Thule, North Star Bay, Greenland, a Danish self-governing territory serve as a vital link in western defenses. In August 2004, the Danish and Greenland Home Rule governments gave permission for the early warning radar to be updated in connection with a role in the U.S. ballistic missile defense system. At the same time, agreements were signed to enhance economic, technical, and environmental cooperation between the United States and Greenland.

The United States expressed interest in investing in the resource base of Greenland and in tapping hydrocarbons off the Greenlandic coast.Keil, Kathrin (29 August 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150113180223/http://www.thearcticinstitute.org/2011/08/us-interest-will-us-help-greenland-to.html "U.S. Interests in Greenland – On a Path Towards Full Independence?"], The Arctic Institute[http://www.andrewskurth.com/pressroom-publications-1165.html Andrews Kurth LLP, "Oil and Gas in Greenland – Still on Ice?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019102737/https://www.andrewskurth.com/pressroom-publications-1165.html|date=19 October 2015}}, Andrewskurth.com. Retrieved on 21 June 2016. In August 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed to buy the country, prompting Greenlandic prime minister Kim Kielsen to issue the statement, "Greenland is not for sale and cannot be sold, but Greenland is open for trade and cooperation with other countries—including the United States."{{Cite news |last=Selsoe Sorensen |first=Martin |date=16 August 2019 |title='Greenland Is Not for Sale': Trump's Talk of a Purchase Draws Derision |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/world/europe/trump-greenland |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/world/europe/trump-greenland |archive-date=2 January 2022 |access-date=21 August 2019 |work=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}

On 10 June 2020, the United States reopened its consulate in Nuuk, Greenland. The first U.S. consulate in Nuuk closed in 1953.{{Cite web |url=https://dk.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulate/nuuk/ |title=U.S. Consulate Nuuk |access-date=28 June 2020 |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126052937/https://dk.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulate/nuuk/ |url-status=dead }}

Following his re-election in 2024, the same U.S. president issued the following statement on his personal social media network, Truth Social, prior to re-taking office: "For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” to which Prime Minister Múte Egede responded in a written comment: "Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom."{{Cite news |date=2024-12-23 |title=Greenland PM reiterates ‘we are not for sale’ after Trump suggests US ownership |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/23/trump-buying-greenland-ownership |access-date=2024-12-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} However, Greenland is a non-sovereign constituent country within the Danish Realm.

{{main|1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash}}

The 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash was an accident on 21 January 1968, involving a United States Air Force B-52 bomber. The aircraft was carrying four hydrogen bombs on a Cold War "Chrome Dome" alert mission over Baffin Bay when a cabin fire forced the crew to abandon the aircraft before they could carry out an emergency landing at Thule Air Base. Six crew members ejected safely, but one who did not have an ejection seat was killed while trying to bail out. The bomber crashed onto sea ice in North Star Bay, Greenland, causing the nuclear payload to rupture and disperse, which resulted in widespread radioactive contamination. The United States and Denmark launched an intensive clean-up and recovery operation, but the secondary of one of the nuclear weapons could not be accounted for after the operation completed.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTKrAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA118|title=International arms control|author=Blacker, Coit D.|author2=Gloria Duffy|author3=Stanford Arms Control Group|name-list-style=amp|isbn=0-8047-1211-5|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=1984}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3iOg-t-3q1sC|title=No end in sight|author=Busch, Nathan E.|isbn=0-8131-2323-2|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2004}}

{{main|Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland#Proposals by Donald Trump}}

File:Donald Trump 2019-08-20 1651 tweet on Denmark's Greenland deal denial.png

In 2019, President Donald Trump discussed the idea of purchasing Greenland with senior advisers. Numerous Greenlandic and Danish politicians, including the Premier of Greenland and the Prime Minister of Denmark, rebuffed the idea, saying that the island is not for sale.{{cite news |title=Greenland: Trump warned that island cannot be bought from Denmark |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49367792 |access-date=16 August 2019 |work=BBC News |date=16 August 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Hart |first1=Benjamin |title=Report: Trump, Who Is the President, Wants to Buy Greenland |url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/president-trump-wants-to-buy-greenland-report.html |access-date=16 August 2019 |work=New York |date=August 2019}} A few days later, Trump abruptly postponed a planned state visit to Denmark just days before, citing their unwillingness to discuss his proposal of buying Greenland.{{cite news | author1=Sonmez, F. | author2=A. Gearan | author3=D. Paletta | date=21 August 2019 | title=Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister declines to sell him Greenland | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-postpones-denmark-trip-after-prime-minister-declines-to-sell-him-greenland/2019/08/20/ef900924-c3a8-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html | newspaper=The Washington Post| access-date=21 August 2019 }}

In late 2024, Trump wrote in the Truth Social that the United States has an absolute necessity to own and control Greenland, citing reasons of "national security" and "freedom throughout the world."{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Michael |title=What’s the history of the Panama Canal, and why is Trump threatening to retake control of it? |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/politics/panama-canal-history-trump/index.html |agency=CNN |date=23 December 2024}}

Trump's claims have been rejected by the Danish government, and

85% of Greenlandic adults surveyed oppose the move.{{cite news |title=Poll: 85% of Greenlanders don't want to join the U.S. |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/greenland-poll-join-us-trump-message |agency=Axios}}

Former first Trump presidency Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief of staff Miles Taylor also indicated that Donald Trump might consider swapping Puerto Rico for Greenland during his presidency.{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Chris |title=Trump Demands Control of Panama Canal, Transfer of Greenland to U.S. |url=https://truthout.org/articles/trump-demands-control-of-panama-canal-transfer-of-greenland-to-u-s/ |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=www.truthout.com |date=23 December 2024}}

File:Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark welcome George W. Bush and Laura Bush.jpg, 2005.]]

In 1967, Princess Margrethe and Prince Henrik visited the United States.{{cite news|title= Royal visit Danish US|url= http://www.cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/45203-royals-visit-danish-us.html|newspaper= The Copenhagen Post|date= 26 March 2009|access-date= 5 March 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110119102301/http://cphpost.dk/news/international/89-international/45203-royals-visit-danish-us.html|archive-date= 19 January 2011|url-status= dead}}

Former President Bill Clinton visited Denmark in July 1997,{{cite news |title= Clinton predicts "New Era" for NATO alliance but he says Bosnia deadline may be missed|url= http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0505709E1DF91&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper= Stl today|date= 13 July 1997|access-date=5 March 2011}}

and again in 2005 and 2007.{{cite news|title= Bill Clinton in a visit in Copenhagen|url= http://jp.dk/indland/article1113246.ece|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120710033750/http://jp.dk/indland/article1113246.ece|url-status= dead|archive-date= 10 July 2012|newspaper= Jyllandsposten|date= 2 October 2007|access-date= 5 March 2011}} American President George W. Bush made an official visit to Copenhagen in July 2005, and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with Bush at Camp David in June 2006.

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to Denmark to support the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics in October 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/28/obama-will-go-to-denmark-_n_301563.html |title=Obama To Denmark: Plans Trip To Copenhagen To Pitch Chicago Olympics |date=2009-09-28 |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=11 December 2013}} and in December 2009, Obama visited Denmark again for the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference.{{cite news |title= Obama briefly to Copenhagen for COP15|url= http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE844049/obama-briefly-to-copenhagen-for-cop15/|newspaper= Politiken|date= 25 November 2009|access-date=5 March 2011}} In March 2009, former Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen met former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Gaza Donor Conference,{{cite news |title= Hillary Clinton og Per Stig skal mødes|url= http://www.b.dk/danmark/hillary-clinton-og-stig-skal-moedes|newspaper= B.T. (tabloid)|date= 2 March 2009|access-date=10 March 2011}} and again in a NATO meeting in April 2010, where they met in Estonia.{{cite news |title= Da Lene E. endelig mødte Hillary Clinton|url= http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE954510/da-lene-e-endelig-moedte-hillary-clinton/|newspaper= Politiken|date= 22 April 2010|access-date=10 March 2011}}

In March 2009, Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary visited the Midwest. They visited [http://www.danishhomeofchicago.org/ The Danish Home in Chicago], and the Danish villages of Elk Horn, Ames, Kimballton and the Grand View University in Iowa. In Nebraska, the couple visited Dana College. "States like Iowa and Nebraska boast numerous examples of Danish settlements ... Both universities have made great strides to become highly recognized institutions of higher learning, as well as strengthening ties between Denmark and the United States", Crown Prince Frederik said.

On 9 March 2011, Obama met with former Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen in the White House, where they discussed counter-terrorism, the Arab Spring and environmental issues.{{cite news |title= Obama to welcome Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen to White House |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/09/statement-press-secretary-visit-danish-prime-minister-lars-lokke-rasmuss |date= 9 March 2011 |via= National Archives |work= whitehouse.gov |access-date=28 June 2011}}

On 30 March 2017, Rasmussen visited President Donald Trump in the United States. Discussion points were the state of the bilateral relations as well as counter-terrorism, economic opportunities, and NATO.{{cite news |title= Joint Readout of Meeting Between President Donald J. Trump and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/31/joint-readout-meeting-between-president-donald-j-trump-and-danish-prime |date= 30 March 2017 |via= National Archives |work= whitehouse.gov |access-date= 27 May 2017}}

On 20 August 2019, President Donald Trump abruptly postponed a state visit to Denmark just days before after the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had declined Trump's offer to buy Greenland, saying that the island is not for sale.{{cite news | author=Karni, A. | date=20 August 2019 | title=Trump Scraps Trip to Denmark as Greenland Is Not for Sale | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/us/politics/trump-cancels-greenland-trip.html | work=The New York Times | access-date=21 August 2019 }}{{cite news | author=Jørgensen, T.J. | date=18 August 2019 | title=Mette Frederiksen: Grønland er ikke til salg | url=https://sermitsiaq.ag/node/215476 | work=Sermitsiaq | language=da | trans-title=Mette Frederiksen: Greenland is not for sale | quote=Grønland er ikke til salg. Grønland er ikke dansk. Grønland er grønlandsk. Jeg håber vedholdende at det ikke er noget, der er alvorligt ment, sagde Mette Frederiksen om Trumps udmeldinger om at købe Grønland [Greenland is not for sale. Greenland is not Danish. Greenland is Greenlandic. I truly hope it is not a serious suggestion, Mette Frederiksen said about Trump's announcement about buying Greenland] | access-date=21 August 2019 }}

US vice president J.D. Vance, in a February 2, 2025, interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News, stated that Denmark was "not being a good ally" and declared that "the U.S. does not care what the EU screams at them" regarding Greenland.{{Cite web |url=https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lh7fgj7tqs2p |title=Vance: U.S. Could Control Greenland Even If Europeans Scream at Us |publisher=BSky |date=February 2, 2025}}

In the same interview, J.D. Vance falsely claimed that 55,000 citizens of Greenland want to be part of the U.S. However, a recent poll indicated that only six percent of Greenland's population supports the idea of joining the United States.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/28/85-of-greenlanders-do-not-want-to-join-us-says-new-poll |title=85% of Greenlanders do not want to join US, says new poll |publisher=The Guardian |date=January 28, 2025}}

On January 7, 2025, President-elect Donald Trump stated that he was not ruling out military action to take control of Greenland, emphasizing its strategic importance to the United States but without providing specific details.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/07/trump-panama-canal-greenland |title=Trump refuses to rule out using military to take Panama Canal and Greenland |publisher=The Guardian |date=January 7, 2025}}

• Denmark has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and has consulates-general in Chicago, Houston, New York City and Palo Alto.[https://usa.um.dk/en/about-us/danish-missions/embassy-of-denmark-in-the-us Embassy of Denmark in the United States] In March 2023, it was announced that Prince Joachim of Denmark would be moving to Washington to take up the role of defense industry attaché at the Danish Embassy from September 2023.{{cite web |title=Denmark's Prince Joachim Is Moving His Family to the U.S. |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a42152441/prince-joachim-denmark-us-move/ |website=Town & Country Magazine |access-date=4 August 2023}}
• United States has an embassy in Copenhagen and has a consulate-general Nuuk, Greenland.[https://dk.usembassy.gov Embassy of the United States in Denmark]

File:Denmark embassy 2.JPG|Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C.

File:Den amerikanske ambassade i København.JPG|Embassy of the United States in Copenhagen

The following chart shows dollar figures from the US Census Bureau's [https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4099.html Trade in Goods page]. In positive columns, the US exported less than it imported.

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