#whiskywar
Who could forget the #WhiskyWar ?

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In 1984, Canadian soldiers visited the island and planted a Canadian flag, also leaving a bottle of Canadian whisky.The Danish Minister of Greenland Affairs came to the island himself later the same year with the Danish flag, a bottle of schnapps,
September 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
When I was a kid, a 50 year border dispute between Denmark and Canada began. Much schnapps and Canadian Club has been spilled in the conflict. #WhiskyWar
June 10, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Message from Canada & Denmark: “you don’t redraw boundaries through the barrel of a gun”.

#WhiskyWar #Denmark #Greenland #HansIsland 🇨🇦 🫶 🇩🇰
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Canada, Denmark end 'whisky war' over uninhabited Arctic island
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January 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Things have been moving fast since the #WhiskyWar ended.
February 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Hahaha - ja, wir haben ja auch eine Landgrenze mit Dänemark 😉 #WhiskyWar
June 26, 2026 at 3:16 PM
#Denmark #Canada #Greenland managed the dispute over Hans Island #HansIsland #Arctic pretty well, not ending up with vessels bumping into each other!

#WhiskyWar

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October 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Generally speaking, I am always against ALL #wars.

However, should a ”need” for a #war arise, I would suggest the war would be ”fought” like #Denmark and #Canada did for a half a #century.
#WhiskyWar #BloodlessWar
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February 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Probably they are not even into denouncing neighbours. And in theory, they could join the EU after the Whiskywar.
February 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The only land Denmark should have a dispute over is the land we exchanged bottles of booze over, but we’ll gladly share Hans Island to minimize the #WhiskyWar. canadiangeographic.ca/articles/can...
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The Canada Denmark Whisky War 1973-2022 🇨🇦 🇩🇰

on June 10, 2022, the Canadian and Danish governments had settled on a border across the island

#hansisland #whiskywar #Canada #Denmark
July 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Oh, the years of handwringing over ye olde Hans (very tiny) Island dispute between Denmark/Greenland and Canada seems quaint compared to the current land grab of the entire territory of Greenland by Trump #whiskywar
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM