Overview
- At a ceremony in Nuuk on September 24, Mette Frederiksen apologized on behalf of Denmark to women and girls subjected to non-consensual IUD insertions, with Greenland’s leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen also expressing regret for later cases under local oversight.
- Official probes document at least 4,070 victims by 1970 and reporting places the total near 4,500 over subsequent years, with some girls as young as 12 affected.
- Investigations describe the policy as intended to reduce Inuit birth rates, and survivors recount infertility as well as lasting physical and psychological harm.
- The Danish government will establish a reconciliation and compensation fund for affected women and other Inuit who faced discrimination, with payout structure and size not yet specified.
- Roughly 143 to 150 women are suing the Danish state for damages, including claims of 300,000 Danish kroner per plaintiff, while a separate legal review on the campaign’s classification, including whether it could constitute genocide, is due in early 2026.