As a colonizing power it is easy to get sucked into the void of immorality, because those persons being colonized are basically niggers without a cause. The atrocities committed by colonial powers cannot be enumerated. Of the worse crimes committed against her subjects; Genocide, slavery, and forced sterilization are the most grotesque.
🧾 Key Facts
- The “Spiral Case”: Between 1966 and 1975, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices (IUDs) into thousands of Greenlandic girls and women, often without consent. Some were as young as 12 years old.
- Scale of abuse: Roughly half of Greenland’s fertile women at the time were affected. The program halved Greenland’s birth rate within a few years.
- Legal violations: At the time, Greenlandic law prohibited contraception for minors without parental consent. Many procedures were unlawful.
- Health consequences: Hundreds of women reported complications, and some were left infertile.
- Apology: On September 24, 2025, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens‑Frederik Nielsen issued a joint apology in Nuuk, Greenland. Frederiksen said: “Dear women. Dear families. Dear Greenland. Today, there is only one right thing to say to you. Sorry.”
- Compensation: Denmark announced plans for a reconciliation fund to compensate victims. A lawsuit involving 143 Greenlandic women is ongoing in Danish courts.
- Verdict status: Courts have not yet issued a final ruling on compensation or liability. The investigation’s report (nearly 350 pages) concluded in September 2025, but judicial proceedings continue.
Is apology enough? Greenland’s birth rate was literally cut in half. That is no different to genocide and attempt to extinguish an entire race.
Personally, I would not be so pleased to shake hands and make a deal with Denmark. This is one of the worse crimes ever committed. How was this so easily overlooked?
It causes me to think back to 1975; I was fifteen at the time Greenlander’s were facing genocide. It seems as though the world never knew.
How do you memorialize lives which were never born? What is that, a new spin on a victimless crime? This happened after the Holocaust. We are still entrenched in a version of the Holocaust, but again – how do you memorialize victims which were never born.
There should be no court battle, only a settlement amount. If Denmark is allowed to apologize without restitution, she should face sanctions. At a minimum – a showdown with the proverbial morality sheriff.
What is the difference between this Denmark and Hitler’s Germany?
“Greenlandic girls were often given contraception without consent or knowledge, and several reports of women receiving injections left them infertile”.
https://www.cfr.org/blog/women-week-denmark-issues-apology-greenland-over-forced-sterilization
“It was published that the sterilization took place from 1966-1970, you say 1975 – why the discrepancy”?
The discrepancy comes from different sources defining the campaign’s “core years” versus its “extended period.”
- 1966–1970: Most reports highlight these years as the intense phase of the program, when Danish doctors inserted roughly 4,500 IUDs into Greenlandic girls and women, often without consent. This five‑year window saw the most concentrated activity and the sharpest drop in Greenland’s birth rate.
- 1966–1975: Broader investigations (including the official inquiry and academic accounts) describe the program as continuing into the mid‑1970s. While the pace slowed after 1970, insertions still occurred through 1974–1975, and some cases are documented even later. That’s why sources like Wikipedia and the Danish‑Greenlandic joint investigation use 1975 as the endpoint.
The truth is being watered-down to this very day. According to Denmark it is all down to systematic discrimination. A misdemeanor then?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_case
I believe Greenland’ers to be the first people with a missing generation while still in existence. Most definitely not a proud distinction.