{"id":160564,"date":"2026-09-06T13:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160564\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:32:10","slug":"conscripts-from-denmark-deployed-to-greenland-for-first-time-icenews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160564\/","title":{"rendered":"Conscripts from Denmark deployed to Greenland for first time | IceNews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland for the first time amid threats by President Trump to annex the territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish military has announced an increased presence in Greenland, deploying military personnel to the country\u2019s capital, Nuuk, as well as to Kangerlussuaq Air Base.<\/p>\n<p>According to a military and company commander, the deployment is intended to help Danish troops become more accustomed to Greenland\u2019s Arctic terrain.<\/p>\n<p>Around 100 conscripts from the Schleswig Foot Regiment are set to spend approximately a month training in Greenland, making them the first group to enter Denmark\u2019s new 11-month conscription programme, which was launched in February 2026.<\/p>\n<p>During their deployment, the recruits will be assigned \u201ctasks that do not require longer specialized training,\u201d Defence Minister Jeppe Bruus said in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland for the first time amid threats by President Trump to annex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[75328,5414,57,61586],"class_list":["post-160564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-greenland","tag-danish-conscripts-in-greenland","tag-donald-trump-greenland","tag-greenland","tag-president-trump-greenland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117224351110711305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}