King Frederik X issued a declaration in December to change the royal coat of arms for the first time in over 50 years, the Danish royal household said in a statement on Jan. 1. The new design ...

The Danish king has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to display symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominently – in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump.

The Royal House via kongehuset.dk The changes to the coat of arms, announced Jan. 1, see three historic crowns that represent the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden replaced after 500 years.

Danish king changes coat of arms amid growing row with Trump over Greenland. Picture: Handout It comes less than a year after succeeding his mother, Queen Margrethe, after she stood down as ruler on ...