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Which countries have troops in Greenland?published at 17:34 GMT<\/p>\nWhich countries have troops in Greenland?published at 17:34 GMT<\/p>\n
17:34 GMT<\/p>\n
By Tamara Kovacevic<\/p>\n
President Trump threatened eight European countries with tariffs on their exports to the US after claiming they had “journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown”. <\/p>\n
The countries have sent troops to the island – which Trump wants to acquire – as part of efforts by Denmark to increase its Arctic training there, external<\/a>, along with Nato allies. <\/p>\n We’ve been speaking to the countries’ militaries over the past two days to find out how many troops they currently have in Greenland.<\/p>\n Danish soldiers were seen disembarking at Nuuk airport, Greenland, on Tuesday<\/p>\n Denmark<\/p>\n The Danish authorities would not confirm how many extra troops they had sent to Greenland but said Denmark was “strengthening its presence” on the island.<\/p>\n Germany<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the German government told BBC Verify a 15-strong team had been sent consisting of “experts from Joint Force Command, the Army, the Air Force and the Navy\u2026 made up of specialists in logistics, pilots, sailors, infrastructure and planning”.<\/p>\n Sweden<\/p>\n The Swedish government told BBC Verify that three military officers had been sent: “At present, there are no plans for them to return to Sweden.”<\/p>\n The Netherlands<\/p>\n The Dutch government sent us a press release, external<\/a> confirming that two naval officers had taken part in reconnaissance and provided operational and logistical expertise. They “have completed their work as planned. They are departing Greenland today (Monday)”.<\/p>\n Norway<\/p>\n The Norwegian government told us on Monday the two officers were sent to “assess opportunities for further cooperation with Allies to strengthen security in the Arctic. [\u2026] The initial planning work is now complete, and we plan for the personnel to return to Norway this week”.<\/p>\n Finland<\/p>\n The government of Finland also sent two officers, external<\/a> on “a reconnaissance mission to explore exercise opportunities”.<\/p>\n UK<\/p>\n![\"Danish](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1f4b5704-c0b7-4edf-9026-67cec6a610a3.jpg.webp.webp\")
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