Overview
- On September 24, the Danish prime minister delivered the apology in Greenland’s capital, addressing victims directly and urging openness about the past.
- The coercive measures centered on intrauterine device insertions carried out mainly in the 1960s and 1970s as part of a population control policy.
- Local reporting cites more than 4,000 affected women, roughly half of those of childbearing age at the time, with many procedures performed without consent.
- The Danish government plans to establish a fund to provide financial compensation to those affected, though detailed terms were not disclosed.
- Greenland, where Inuit people make up about 90% of the population, has seen independence sentiment shaped in part by revelations about the policy.