Reasons of State: Why Didn’t Denmark Sell Greenland? · Gwern.net
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Denmark turned down 100m USD from the USA; I discuss how this was a bad idea
--- title: "Reasons of State: Why Didn't Denmark Sell Greenland?" description: "Exercise in pointing out the obvious: Greenland has been, is, and will be indefinitely, a white elephant. Denmark turned down 100m USD from the USA in 1946; I discuss how this was a bad idea—America got what it needed anyway while Denmark kept control of a loser." created: 2011-01-01 modified: 2019-08-17 status: finished confidence: possible importance: 5 css-extension: dropcaps-cheshire ... > After WWII, the Cold War motivated the USA to offer [$100]($1946) million for ownership of Greenland, which was declined. T
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