Greenland Schedules Independence Vote

By Andrew Miiller • February 7, 2025

Greenland’s ruling Siumut party wants independence from Denmark.

On February 4, Prime Minister Múte Egede announced that the Danish territory would hold a general election on March 11.
On February 6, Siumut’s political spokesperson Doris Jensen announced that the election would be followed by an independence referendum.

A 2009 law grants Greenland the right to negotiate full independence from Denmark, but Greenlanders have never taken advantage of this right because their economy is reliant on Danish subsidies. Yet now that United States President Donald Trump has expressed a desire to cultivate a close U.S.-Greenland relationship, many Greenlanders are seriously considering the benefits of political independence.

“Until our country achieves the status of an independent state, our opportunities to officially participate in negotiations will be limited,” Jensen told Reuters.

Arctic security: The U.S. is interested in Greenland’s mineral reserves and strategic location. On Dec. 22, 2024, Trump posted on Truth Social: “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.”

Independence: A poll by Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq and Danish newspaper Berlingske indicates that only 6 percent of Greenlanders want to become part of the U. S., yet 56 percent want to become independent.

So while America may have to temporarily give up on the idea that it will soon own Greenland, the possibility of a new U.S.-Greenland defense agreement is realistic. An independent Greenland will need investment money and military allies, and the Trump administration is eager to develop a strong U.S. presence in the Arctic.

American resurgence: 2 Kings 14:26-28 prophesy of an American resurgence in the end time. So we could see the U.S. begin to exert more power over important sea gates like the Panama Canal and the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom Gap.

Pay attention to what happens in Greenland after next month’s election.

Learn more: Read “Buying Greenland Is Not as Crazy as It Sounds.”