President Trump has expressed a desire to “get” Greenland, but the victorious party is in no rush to change the status quo.

Turnout was massive, amid a context of tensions caused by US President Donald Trump's ambitions for the island. The official results won't be certified for weeks as paper ballots go to the capital from remote settlements by boat,

In most other years, an election in a sparsely populated Arctic island would fly largely under the radar. But as voters in Greenland head to the polls on March 11, they’ll be doing so under the shadow of US President Donald Trump wanting to take control of the semi-autonomous territory from Denmark — a threat that’s making Greenlanders “feel unsafe,