2025 in Greenland
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Events
January
- 7 January – Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Greenland in what is described as a "personal day-trip", days after his father, US president-elect Donald Trump again expressed interest in purchasing the territory from Denmark.[1]
- January– During a debate about Trump talk about taking over Greenland. Danish People's Party MEP Anders Vistisen in the gives a speech in the European Parliament that later goes viral saying: "It is not for sale. Let me put it into words you might understand, Mr. Trump: fuck off." His speech later went viral on Social Media,[2]
February
- 4 February – The Inatsisartut passes a bill banning political parties from receiving receiving contributions “from foreign or anonymous contributors” to protect the territory's "political integrity".[3]
March
- 11 March – 2025 Greenlandic general election: The centre-right opposition Democrats win a plurality of votes in the Inatsisartut.[4]
- 28 March –
- A coalition government is formed with Jens-Frederik Nielsen of the Democrats as prime minister.[5]
- US Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance visit the Pituffik Space Base as part of a visit to Greenland that was downsized amid criticism of US intentions towards the territory.[6]
April
- 1 April – 2025 Greenlandic local elections[7]
June
- 9 June – The Football Association of Greenland (KAK) receives a letter from Philippe Moggio, the general secretary of CONCACAF, rejecting without explanation the KAK's second application to become the 42nd member of the confederation.[8][9]
- 14 June – A United Airlines passenger aircraft lands in Nuuk Airport, marking the first commercial flight from the United States to Greenland since 2008.[10]
- 15 June – French president Emmanuel Macron arrives in Greenland as part of efforts to show European support against US intentions to annex the territory.[11]
August
- 26 August – Denmark summons American charge d'affaires Mark Stroh over allegations of US covert operations to promote separatism and annexation in Greenland.[12]
- 27 August – The Danish and Greenlandic governments issue an official apology for historic abuses against Greenlandic women, including forced contraception.[13]
- 31 August – French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot arrives in Greenland as part of efforts to show European support against US intentions to annex the territory.[14]
December
- 10 December – The Danish government announces an agreement to provide 300,000 kroner ($46,000) in individual compensation beginning in April 2026 to Greenlandic women who were given contraception against their knowledge or consent from 1960 to 1991.[15]
- 21 December – US president Donald Trump appoints Jeff Landry as his special envoy to Greenland.[16]