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'We are Europeans': Fans fly Greenland flag during Olympic US-Denmark ice hockey game
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/14/greenland-flag-us-denmark-olympic-hockeyTwo fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men's ice hockey at the Winter Olympics on Saturday say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark.
Vita Kalniņa and her husband, Alexander Kalniņš, fans of the Latvian hockey team who live in Germany, held up a large Greenland flag during warmups and again when the Danish team scored the opening goal of the preliminary round game against the US at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
"We are Europeans and I think as Europeans we must hold together," Kalniņš told the Associated Press.
"The Greenlandic people decide what will happen with Greenland, but as it is now, Greenland is a part of the Danish kingdom and, as Greenland is a part of Denmark as in this case, we support both countries against the US."
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Vita Kalniņa and her husband, Alexander Kalniņš, fans of the Latvian hockey team who live in Germany, held up a large Greenland flag during warmups and again when the Danish team scored the opening goal of the preliminary round game against the US at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.
"We are Europeans and I think as Europeans we must hold together," Kalniņš told the Associated Press.
"The Greenlandic people decide what will happen with Greenland, but as it is now, Greenland is a part of the Danish kingdom and, as Greenland is a part of Denmark as in this case, we support both countries against the US."
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