Analysis
Queen Margrethe II spoke at the Arctic Circle Assembly in May 2019, emphasizing the strategic and environmental significance of the Arctic and Denmark’s role as a Greenlandic sovereign. Official transcripts and press releases quote her using similar phrasing, but the exact sentence cited cannot be found in the record. Therefore the statement captures the gist but is not an exact quote.
Background
The Arctic Circle Assembly is an annual forum that brings together leaders to discuss Arctic issues. In 2019, the Danish monarch attended and addressed topics such as climate change, sustainable development, and Denmark’s responsibilities due to its ties with Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Media reports summarized her remarks, but did not publish a word‑for‑word transcript.
Verdict summary
The queen expressed the Arctic’s importance and Denmark’s responsibility, but the quoted wording is not a verbatim statement from her 2019 speech.