Olympic hockey fans raise Greenland's flag during USA's dominant win over Denmark, sparking viral reaction

Fox News ^ | 2/14/2026 | Jackson Thompson

[sopo]

During Team USA's comeback men's hockey win over Denmark at the Winter Olympics, two fans raised the flag of Greenland in the stands to protest President Donald Trump's intent to acquire Greenland for the U.S.

The flag was raised enthusiastically after Denmark took an early lead. However, the U.S. came back to win the game 6-3.

Vita Kalniņa and her husband Alexander Kalniņš, fans of the Latvian hockey team who live in Germany, held up a large Greenland flag during warmups and again when the Danish team scored the opening goal of the preliminary round game against the U.S., which ultimately beat Denmark 6-3.

[Texas Eagle]

I’m tired of these lame attempts to trick me into watching the Uhlympics. I just don’t give a sh*t.

[Svartalfiar]

It was two people. One guy and one girl. Stating Fans, while technically factual is misleading.

...It was two Germans who are fans of Latvia. They don't even have a cock in this fight.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Yes, most cookies marked "Danish Butter Cookies" are made in third world sh** holes like Bangladesh or India.

There is a brand called "Royal Dansk" which I believe is actually made in in Denmark.

[HIDEK6]

Greenland has a flag?

[HIDEK6]

Don’t the Danes love being depressed?

Shakespeare would say “melancholy.”

[jmacusa]

‘’melancholy’’.

Yes. That sounds so much... nicer.

[jmacusa]

Yes! I remember that SCTV skit.

Pretentious Danes. They can hardly be blamed really. They don't get much sun at certain times of years in the Nordic countries.

[Daveinyork]

The Danes make pretty good tobacco pipes, and blend the tobacco pretty well. I’ve seen their pipe carvers at pipe shows, and they drink themselves silly.

[airborne]

Swayman let in two long distance goals.

That won’t cut it against Canada.

[discostu]

That is a comeback. Any time you’re behind and then you’re not that’s a comeback. I know if feels weird to say it’s a comeback when they stopped being behind before the halfway mark. But it is. That’s not attacking anybody, that’s the definition of the word.

[hal ogen]

It is square and all white...like an ice cube.

[falcon99]

Exactly. Two German or Latvian people raise a Greenland flag. Wow, earth shattering.

[jmacusa]

‘’they drink themselves silly’’.

I would imagine there is little else to do.

[sopo]

I guess if you saw it, you'd be looking for some kind of road hazard

[Daveinyork]

At a pipe show, there is plenty for them to do. They are there to sell the pipes they have made.

[mewzilla]

Have you seen that movie...?

The mouse did pretty well.

[AppyPappy]

I’m having coffee right now.

[9YearLurker]

Germans, not Americans.

[jmacusa]

Sounds exciting.

[Daveinyork]

I haven’t been able to get to a pipe show since the pandemic. I miss them, and I miss the people, the vendors, the pipe makers, and, of course the fellow pipe collectors and smokers.