Danish Rule Over Greenland Has Its Dark Side [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 25 January 2026 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

The notion that Greenland's population likes being governed by Denmark may not be correct. Native Greenlander Amarok Petersen was 27 years old when she learned that the reason she cannot have children. Danish doctors had implanted an IUD birth control device in her body it when she was 13 as part of a population control program for thousands of native Greenlandic girls and women. "I will never have children," Petersen complained. "That choice was taken from me."

Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, impatiently pointed out, "we have already officially apologized for the decades of forced sterilization of indigenous women and girls. We have to pay a billion dollars each year to support this largely useless population cohort. I mean, it's not as if they're really Danes or self-supporting. A smaller population would be less of a burden to us."

"If we are such a burden to Denmark they ought to just let us be our own country," Petersen said. "For thousands of years before Denmark said they own the land we live on we survived harvesting sea life. Now, the government pays us low wages for this work, hauls the seafood away for processing elsewhere, and doesn't reinvest the profits in building up local businesses."

"Now that US President Trump has taken an interest in our land all the talk and negotiating is between Trump and Frederiksen," Petersen observed. "What does Trump want? How much will he pay? We aren't included in the discussions. The Danes claim to speak for us, but they never ask us what we want."

Apprised of Ms Petersen's thoughts, President Trump admitted "maybe my focus on the Danes is overlooking a potentially better option. If the natives could make their own declaration of independence like we did in 1776 and then asked for our help we could assist them like France assisted us during our revolutionary war. It could be a win-win for both the natives and America and the start of a beautiful new friendship."

In related news, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is said to be considering a preemptive insertion of several dozen troops into Greenland "to deter the Americans from invading. Historically, our country has repelled two American invasions. One in 1776 and one in 1812. We are 2-0 vs. the Americans when it comes to winning wars. Deterring an American attempt to invade Greenland could leave the island ours for the taking. This might also help ease the pain of Alberta voting to leave the Canadian confederation later this year."

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TOPICS: Government; History; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: canada; postandrun; racism; satire; selfpromotion; trump

[V_TWIN]

“Native Greenlander Amarok Petersen was 27 years old when she learned that the reason she cannot have children. Danish doctors had implanted an IUD birth control device in her body it when she was 13 as part of a population control program for thousands of native Greenlandic girls and women. “I will never have children,” Petersen complained. “That choice was taken from me.”

I’ve heard about forced sterilization of Greenlanders .....does anyone know why?

[ZOOKER]

I know it's "Semi-Satire" but I can't help thinking maybe Peterson has a point.

The Inuit exist all over the Arctic, and have for ages. Yet they somehow don't have a country of their own. Why? Are they too nice? Too trusting? Too stupid? Is "indigenous" a synonym for "sucker"?

[Reily]

I’ve read that was a deliberate attempt to reduce the number of Greenlanders over time receiving Danish welfare\benefits.

[MikelTackNailer]

Danish Rule Over Greenland Has Its Dark Side

"Inform the other Sith that our base in Denmark has been discovered."

"We shall reconvene at the citadel in Ithica."

[V_TWIN]

Thanks, if that’s the case these people need liberating.

[Seruzawa]

Apologize? Are any of the eugenicists who did this still alive? This is a crime against humanity. Apologize, my @$$. Nuremberg Trials and ropes are indicated here. I am sick to death of reading the atrocities visited on people by monsters with medical licenses.

[UCANSEE2]

I know it’s satire, but I found it hard to find anything that wasn’t truth. Good subject to select. I wonder what the real deal is there. Land size is subject to some humor. You could fit The entire Danish Nation in one bay on the coast of Greenland.

[CatHerd]

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones:

https://daily.jstor.org/the-little-known-history-of-the-forced-sterilization-of-native-american-women/

Also, native Greenlanders were forcibly removed from their homes for our base there. From AI:

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In 1953, the U.S. and Denmark forcibly relocated over 100 indigenous Inughuit from their ancestral hunting grounds near Uummannaq to construct and secure Thule Air Base (now Pituffik Space Base). Residents were given mere days to move 60 miles north to Qaanaaq. The displacement shattered traditional hunting lifestyles and was later deemed an unlawful expropriation by Danish courts.

Key details regarding the 1953 Thule forced relocation:

The Cause: The U.S. Air Force sought to expand the base and limit contact between Inuit hunters and military personnel during the Cold War.

The Action: Approximately 116 people from 26 families were forced to leave their homes, which were subsequently burned.
The Impact: The local population, who relied on the area for survival, were moved to Qaanaaq, causing, what Phys.org reports as, a “silent collapse of an Arctic world”.
Legal Consequences: In 2003, the Danish Supreme Court ruled the relocation was a “serious intervention” and an unlawful act.

Compensation: The Thule Tribe was awarded damages, although these were considered a small fraction of the losses suffered.

Renaming: The site, formerly known as Thule Air Base, was renamed Pituffik Space Base in 2023 to better recognize the local Greenlandic heritage.

[Lizavetta]

My mother is a Dane. When she was lucid (full blown Alzheimers now) I remember her mocking her country's populace who were so very proud of their liberalism ... right up until they actually had to rub shoulders with native Greenlanders (who I'm guessing looked very different, probably Eskimo-ish) that showed up in Denmark from some importation/assimilation program.

Let's just say the Danes showed how very illiberal they were when they actually had to "embrace diversity."

[Peter ODonnell]

I don’t know the back story on the forced sterilization but one has to consider that in the 1970s and 1980s a lot of the native (Innuit) Greenlanders were brought into urban centers, notably Nuuk the capital, where they were exposed to contemporary European (western) mores and values. Their own culture is rather permissive in sexual matters. Perhaps the Danish elites running Greenland then assumed that the Innuit girls would be very promiscuous and easy targets, leading to a lot of unwanted pregnancies and a rapid racial mixing of the population. They probably thought as liberals often do, this will be for their own good. Perhaps they were right. Imagine the life of a mixed-race offspring of a teenaged Innuit girl still living at home. You’d be put up for adoption and perhaps difficult to adopt. Not saying it justifies the policy, but that is probably the mindset. Of course the real question would be, was the urbanization of the Innuit a good thing? Maybe so in the long term.

Exactly the same happened in Canada. Before 1960, most Innuit lived in small, remote villages and lived off the land. Many were semi-starving, the caribou herds were dwindling at that time. A lot were brought into settlements in Nunavut, notably Iqualuit, Pond Inlet, Baker Lake, Arviat and Rankin Inlet. There, they were living in town house type developments and had some access to resource based jobs. Their kids could now attend school through senior high school and learn English which made them much more employable. At the same time, the adult and teenaged Innuit were exposed to the alcohol and drugs of the contemporary North American culture, perhaps the sexual aspect was a bit different because it was more of a gradual integration and prostitution would not have been openly tolerated in those communities. Nuuk was probably a more “happening” place than any of the northern Canadian centers where hockey, curling and drinking are the main entertainments.

[CatHerd]

It’s good to see someone being thoughtful and even caring here when it cimes to this subject. Yes, the native Greenlanders were forcibly displaced and most now live in towns, especially Nuuk. See my #9 on this thread:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4364078/posts?page=9#9