... The Greenland War was unique as it was one of the first instances in which Scandinavia and Canada faced a conflict so close to home. This had enormous political consequences on the various countries. Most would elect vastly different parties in government the in the immediate aftermath and mismanagement of the Armed Forces...
…The countries which who lost the most people, proportionally, ended up electing governments further to the right. On the other hand Norway and Canada chose to further elect government to the left …
Denmark:
… Denmark chose to elect a very conservative government in wake of the war with Venstre receiving 69 seats, followed by the Danish People’s Party who received 27 seats. The Conservative People’s Party would receive 27 seats in the new government, thus showing a dramatic shift to the right…
…Lars Løkke Rasmussen would go on to be the newly elected Prime Minister of Denmark. With a newly conservative parliament he would easily be able to pass through many bills that would have seem controversial years prior …
Iceland
… Iceland’s re-election of Geir Haarde, came as no surprise to the European committee. His tough stance on crime, various civil disobedience groups was expected.
…Furthermore, Haarde would later implement Mandatory conscription on the Population of Iceland, while also raising a standing armed force, independent of any other country. His actions would cause Iceland to develop an extensive international military arms industry which would sell its weapons to Russia, Norway, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand and Argentina...
Canada
…Canada’s federal election took place in October later that year and would be gravely effected by the war. Furthermore, like Denmark, Canada had an enormous Native American minority. In light of these fears and the various protests movements occurring throughout the country, the conservative parliament would later be ousted. In its place the Liberals, with the New Prime Minister Stephane Dion would win 108 seats in Parliament. The official opposition Leader Jack Layton’s New Democratic Party would win 87 seats, a record for the party. The conservative Party won merely 82 seats, with the Bloc Quebecois and Greens trailing behind at 26 and 5 respectively.
Prime Minister Stephane Dion’s notable achievements would be the removal of all Canadian forces from Afghanistan, implementing improved Native Canadian laws, stopping the Keystone Pipeline and nuclear power plant construction. However most notably, he would pass electorial reform, making causing following elections to be tallied via the Preferential Voting, with the aid of NDP opposition …
Norway
… In 2009, the people of Norway chose to re-elect Jens Stoltenberg, as the Prime Minister of Norway. He would be re-elected with 70 seats, in light of his management of the armed forces. The Progress and Conservative parties would be reduced to 19 and 11 seats respectively. The Greenland War further caused a rise in popularity for the Socialist Left and Centre Party who would gain 30 and 16 seats. The Christian Democrat parties lost 3 seats from the prior election while the Liberals gained 5 additional seats.
Various factors can be attributed to this …
… Stoltenberg would also be one of the few heads of state to maintain his public image and in fact flourished. This can be attributed to his extensive hands-off policy. So long as the people in charge are doing their jobs, he would and had not applied political pressure. His parliament would later see the implementation of various environmentally friendly laws, aid to Greenland, increased minimum wage and increased corporate taxes …
-The Northern Alliance, Sanjan Rahman