He's gonna be the 1 facing Donald Trump. “We belong to no one”

• Jens-Frederik Nielsen was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greenland on 7 April 2025. His organization Democrats won 29.9% of the vote in the election
• 33-year-old Nielsen opposes Donald Trump's plans to take control of the island. Similarly, 85 percent of its population are of
• The fresh Prime Minister studied social sciences and was Minister of Labour and Natural Resources. He's besides a decorated badminton champion
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen has been a sports star in her household for years. Greenland. Playing badminton, he won an awesome collection of 19 national champion titles, and was besides successful at the Island Games. However, Nielsen is not only known for his achievements in sports, due to the fact that he has been active in politics for years and has already occupied a seat in the government.

His organization Democrats won 29.9% of the vote in the final election — 3 times more than in the erstwhile election. Nielsen himself voted 4.8 1000 voters, which gave him a score better than his predecessor, Múte Bourup Egede. Nielsen was sworn in as Prime Minister on 7 April 2025.

A fresh head of a coalition government of over 56,000 Greenland residents studied social sciences at Greenland University and previously served as Minister of Labour and Natural Resources. In the context of the dispute with the US, cognition of island natural resources specified as lithium, cobalt, nickel, oil or natural gas is peculiarly important.

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Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen

A politician does not avoid conventional lifestyles, singing conventional Greenlandese caresses and sharing photos of reindeer hunting. As a result, he is regarded by the Inuits as a ‘man from here’, at the same time exposing himself to criticism of the ecological inhabitants of the island. Critics besides receives from the opposition. Naleraq's organization leader, Pele Broberg, stated that by opposing Donald Trump's plans, Nielsen "played under the public".

Nielsen versus Donald Trump. “We belong to no one”

During the election campaign, he openly opposed Trump's intentions and appealed for unity among citizens in the face of external pressure. "Let us be clear: the US will not get us. We don't belong to anyone. We decide our own future," Nielsen wrote on social media.

The U.S. president has long announced that he intends to take control of Greenland, explaining that it is an absolute necessity for the US. He suggested a desire to buy and then besides the request to take over the controls. His words met with strong opposition from the Greenlandians and Denmark, whose territory the island belongs to.

Trump's ambition directed Greenland and its youngest Prime Minister in the past of the world. His strong opposition to U.S. plans showed the social moods on the island. According to a January 2025 poll, as many as 85 percent of Greenlandeses argue joining the US, there is besides an expanding number of talks about complete independency from Denmark.