Frederiksen to visit Greenland as new PM rejects Trump, refugee board delays Syrian decisions and more news from Denmark this Monday.

US will not ‘get’ Greenland, island’s new PM says

Greenland will decide its own future and the autonomous Danish territory will not become part of the United States, its new prime minister said on Sunday, responding to Donald Trump’s latest comments about wanting the resource-rich island.

“President Trump says the United States ‘will get Greenland.’ Let me be clear: The United States will not get Greenland. We don’t belong to anyone else. We decide our own future,” Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post.

“We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100 percent”, Trump said on Sunday in an interview with NBC News.

This latest exchange culminates a week of heightened tensions between the United States, Denmark, and Greenland, marked by Vice President JD Vance’s visit to a US military base on the vast Arctic island.

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Frederiksen to visit Greenland this week

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is meanwhile scheduled to travel to Greenland from Wednesday to Friday to “strengthen unity” between the kingdom and its Arctic territory.

Four of the five parties represented in the Greenlandic Parliament reached an agreement on Friday to form a coalition government.

Greenland’s main parties all want independence, but they disagree on the roadmap. American pressure reportedly convinced them to form a coalition as quickly as possible with only the Naleraq party, which advocates rapid independence, declining to join.

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Refugee appeals board delays decision on Syrian cases

The Refugee Appeals Board (Flygtiningenævnet) has again decided to keep cases concerning Syrian nationals suspended “until further notice.”

The decision was confirmed by Secretariat Chief Stig Torp Henriksen in an email to news wire Ritzau on Sunday.

Processing of asylum claims from Syrian nationals in Denmark was initially suspended in December 2024 following the overthrow of dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Some 69 cases were put on hold at the time with the Appeals Board citing the “highly uncertain situation in the country following the fall of the Assad regime.”

The Refugee Appeals Board is an independent body that serves as an appeals authority for decisions made by the Danish Immigration Service in asylum cases.

Weather: April starts with spring temperatures despite cold nights

Temperatures could reach up to 17 degrees Celsius in the first week of April, with most days bringing sunshine across the country, according to the latest forecast from national Met office DMI.

The pleasant temperatures during the day will however be accompanied by chilly with the possibility of frost and fog.

“This is very typical April weather,” DMI meteorologist Trine Pedersen told Ritzau.

Monday has begun with sunshine in Jutland, while other parts of the country will have to wait until the afternoon for the sun to break through the clouds.

Temperatures today will range between 8 and 13 degrees, with light to moderate winds from the north and northwest.