Polish Ambassador to Denmark visits Greenland
28.01.2026
On January 26, Head of Mission at the Polish Embassy in Copenhagen Ewa Dębska visited Nuuk, as previously announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski. The agenda included meetings with representatives of local authorities, the business and scientific communities, and Poles living on the island.
In Nuuk, the ambassador met with members of the Government of Greenland, including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Research Vivian Motzfeldt and Minister of Fisheries, Hunting, Agriculture, and Self-Sufficiency Peter Borg. Talks focused on the possibilities for developing bilateral cooperation, especially within the context of the planned strengthening of the ties between the EU and Greenland, as well as on the prospects of working together on building resilience to threats and managing crisis situations.
The ambassador also familiarised herself with the living and working conditions of Greenland’s small Polish community in the Arctic climate. The Poles on the island are mostly experts in construction, services, and tourism, as well as researchers.
Polar studies remain a major field of cooperation between Poland and Greenland. The year 2027 will mark the 90th anniversary of the first Polish research expedition to Greenland. That historic endeavour underpinned the subsequent development of Polish polar studies and made a major contribution to geography and glaciology in Poland. Drawing on the many years of experience, cooperation in polar studies adds to opportunities for establishing closer relations between Poland and Greenland.
The visit also sought to promote Polish literature. The Polish Embassy in Copenhagen stocked the main library in Nuuk with a dozen or so books by Polish authors translated into Danish. The donation included works by Olga Tokarczuk, Stanisław Lem, Andrzej Sapkowski, and Remigiusz Mróz, which are now available to the local readers.
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