Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that a US attack on a NATO ally would end the alliance.
“Security in the Arctic is of crucial importance to the Kingdom of Denmark and our Arctic allies, and it is therefore important that we, in close cooperation with allies, further strengthen our ability to operate in the region,” Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in Wednesday’s statement.
The exercise activities in 2026 could include guarding critical infrastructure, providing assistance to local authorities in Greenland, including the police, receiving allied troops, deploying fighter aircraft in and around Greenland, and conducting naval operations, the ministry said.
Denmark last year hosted exercises in Greenland in which NATO allies Germany, France, Norway and Sweden took part, it said.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart were to hold talks Wednesday in Washington with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance.
