Why Denmark Owns Greenland 2025 Map. In this article we dig into the history books to find our answers. Donald trump jr has arrived in greenland, weeks after his father said he wanted the us to take control of the autonomous danish territory.

Greenland, with a population of around 50,000, is an autonomous territory of denmark, a kingdom with which greenland has a history going back more than a millennium. Greenland’s prime minister múte egede has called for independence from denmark, saying in a new year’s speech that it would be a way for greenland to free itself.