Following the seize of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro by U.S. navy forces on Saturday, January 3, President Donald J. Trump has revived his threats of annexing Greenland, presently a semi-autonomous area of Denmark. That very same day, he was quoted in The Atlantic as saying “We do want Greenland, completely. We’d like it for protection.” Then, on Sunday, he reiterated his stance to reporters aboard Air Drive One.
Now, Björk has shared an announcement calling for Greenland’s independence. “[C]olonialism has repeatedly given me horror chills up my again,” she wrote on Instagram, “and the prospect that my fellow greenlanders may go from one merciless coloniser to a different is simply too brutal to even think about.” Learn her full message beneath.
Björk’s dwelling nation of Iceland was dominated by Denmark till 1944. “We did not free our language (my kids can be talking danish now),” she famous. Björk additionally referenced the lawsuit introduced in opposition to the Danish authorities by 143 Greenlandic girls who claimed to have been fitted with IUDs with out their information or consent, and the “parenting competency exams” administered by Danish authorities that led to Greenlandic dad and mom being separated from their kids.
On Sunday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded to President Trump in an announcement posted to Facebook: “[O]n the facet of the US, cease the threats in opposition to a traditionally shut ally and to a different nation and one other folks, who’ve very clearly acknowledged that they aren’t on the market.” Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has additionally referred to as Trump’s remarks “very rude and disrespectful.”
In September, Björk joined the continued No Music for Genocide marketing campaign, which calls on musicians and labels to geo-block their music from streaming in Israel. She shared her newest album, Fossora, in 2022.
Revisit the quilt story “Björk: Mother, Daughter, Force of Nature.”
