Danish king changes royal coat of arms in apparent rebuke of Trump over Greenland row [View all]

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 07 January 2025 08:28 GMT


The Danish king has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to display symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominently – in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump.

King Frederik has made a clear show of his intention to retain the territory within the kingdom of Denmark – and so continue to control its foreign and security policy – after US president-elect Donald Trump expressed his desire to buy Greenland for the US.

Previous royal coats of arms have shown three crowns, a representation of the Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

In the new version, the crowns have been replaced by a polar bear and ram, which symbolise Greenland and the Faroe Islands, in what appears to be a rebuke of Mr Trump’s desires to take control of the former. Previously, the ram and the polar bear have occupied smaller slots.

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