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Ryan Hogg

Novo Nordisk CEO attends crisis talks with Danish PM amid Trump's Greenland threats

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (R) and Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Bourup Egede address a press conference in the Mirror Hall at the Prime Minister's Office, at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, on January 10, 2025. (Credit: MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

The leaders of major Danish companies, including the CEO of Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk, have met with the Danish Prime Minister after being summoned to discuss the country’s ongoing spat with incoming U.S. President Donald Trump over his hopes of buying Greenland.

The head of the Confederation of Danish Business told reporters on Thursday the group was concerned about the rhetoric emanating from the U.S. over the status of Greenland, a self-ruling territory of Denmark with 57,000 people.

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