Danish PM apologizes to Greenlanders taken as children in 1950s social experiment

Mette Frederiksen had previously sent a written apology, but on Wednesday apologize to six survivors face-to-face.

By Stine Jacobsen, Reuters March 9, 2022
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COPENHAGEN — Denmark’s prime minister on Wednesday delivered a face-to-face apology to six survivors of a 1950s social experiment in which 22 Greenlandic children were taken from their families and sent to Denmark to be integrated into Danish society.

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