{"id":5771,"date":"2026-02-09T01:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/5771\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T01:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:26:07","slug":"greenland-to-be-presented-with-own-tartan-in-mps-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/5771\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland to be presented with own tartan in MPs\u2019 visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greenland is to be presented with its own tartan as a cross-party group of MPs is set to visit Nuuk.<\/p>\n<p>The visit follows months of threats from President Donald Trump\u2019s administration on the country\u2019s status.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their trip, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Greenland (APPG) SNP MP Brendan O\u2019Hara will present the Greenlandic Parliament and government with a Greenland tartan this week.<\/p>\n<p>The first Greenland tartan was created by the Great Scot Ltd from Keith in Moray.<\/p>\n<p>It is officially lodged and now recognised with Scottish Registry of Tartans.<\/p>\n<p>The tartan comprises the red and white of the Greenland flag as well as pink which is the colour of the country\u2019s national flower, the Dwarf Fireweed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr O\u2019Hara said: \u201cWhen I established this APPG in 2019, I could never have imagined that in just a few short years, Greenland would become the hottest topic in international affairs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770596760248_1.jpg--.jpg\" width=\"640\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the threat to Greenland from President Trump may have receded in recent weeks, I think it is hugely important that those who believe in sovereignty, international law and a people\u2019s right of self-determination, show their solidarity with the people of Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am particularly pleased that I will have the opportunity to present the first official Greenland Tartan to the parliament and government, I hope it will act as an ongoing symbol of solidarity, and reaffirm our resolve to stand with the people of Greenland in the months and years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month Greenland\u2019s Business and Energy Minister Naaja Natahielsen visited Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>While in Nuuk the cross-party group will meet with parliamentarians, including the Speaker of the Inatsisartut, various government ministers, including Greenland\u2019s Foreign Minister, Vivian Motzfeldt, as well as members of the business community.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greenland is to be presented with its own tartan as a cross-party group of MPs is set to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5261,1585,57,38,1158,5262,4744,5263],"class_list":{"0":"post-5771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-greenland","8":"tag-appg","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-greenland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-sovereignty","15":"tag-tartan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771","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=5771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}