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Summary

Danish King Frederik has redesigned the royal coat of arms to prominently feature symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, replacing the historical three crowns, in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump's renewed interest in buying Greenland.

The change underscores Denmark’s commitment to maintaining its territorial integrity.

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede firmly rejected Trump’s suggestion, declaring, “Greenland is ours.”

This marks the fourth revision of Denmark’s coat of arms since 1819 and highlights Greenland's century-long political and cultural ties to Denmark despite U.S. military presence on the island.

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[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Frederik: The Kalmar Union is dead, long live Greenland!

Kalaallit Nunaat: Isn't it a bit late for colonial wars? Can West-Britain and Southern Norway argue this out somewhere else?

US President Elect: What's final price? Can you do better than that?

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Huh, they removed the three crowns. Kinda an important simbol.

[-] DraagDunk@feddit.dk -4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump's renewed interest in buying Greenland.

Citation needed

EDIT: Apparently people in this thread think I don't believe Trump said anything. The citation I am looking for here is, that the change to the coat of arms is in any way related. I posted this further down:

I am not contending that orange man said some stuff, I am contending that the change of my country’s coat of arms is in any way related to that. The royal family has done a huge job of improving relations with Greenland for years, this is a drop in the bucket and has probably been in the works since the king succeeded the Queen last year. Not everything that happens does so because of American politics.

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