Keira Alexandra Kronvold
Reference: 2AYR-28DD-NCUZ-KPUF
- Outcome
- Foster Care
- Outcome detail
- High court ruled the removal illegal in May 2026; Zammi was still with a foster family
- Jurisdiction
- Thisted, North Jutland, Denmark
- Year
- 2026
- Account type
- Mother's Account
Quick summary
- Quick summary
- A Greenlandic mother in Denmark had her newborn daughter Zammi taken two hours after birth, after a Danish 'parenting competency' test.
Full story
- Full story
- Keira Alexandra Kronvold, 38, of Greenlandic heritage, gave birth to her daughter Zammi in North Jutland on 7 November 2024. She was first told she would have one hour with her baby before Zammi went to foster parents; the midwife begged for more time and she was given two. She breastfed her daughter and handed over a bag she had packed with a bottle, dummy, clothes and blanket. The removal followed a psychometric parenting competency test (FKU) that campaigners and human rights bodies say is culturally unsuitable for Greenlandic people. Her case sparked protests in Copenhagen and Nuuk.
Where
- Agency
- Thisted Municipality (child protection)
- City
- Thisted
- State
- North Jutland
- Country
- Denmark
- First Nations
- Yes
The removal
- When the baby was taken
- At Birth (Delivery Room)
- Baby's age when taken
- 2 hours
- Where the baby was taken from
- Maternity Ward
- Stated reasons
- Parenting Capacity TestCultural Or Racial Bias Alleged
- How it was done
- Court Order Before Removal
- What happened during separation
- Breastfeeding Stopped
Support after
- Support after
- Supervised Visits
- Grief counselling offered
- Not Stated
- Contact / visits
- Weekly visits at the foster home
Getting baby back
- Steps taken
- AppealWent To MediaProtest / Public Campaign
- Did she get her baby back
- Not Yet
- Where the baby is now
- Foster Care
Official response
- Official response
- Danish authorities said the parenting competency test is not the only tool used. After protests the law changed so municipalities may no longer use the test for Greenlandic families, and Thisted said Greenlandic cases should be reprocessed without it. Thisted declined to comment on her case, citing confidentiality.
- Legal action
- Court Ruled For Family
- Legal action detail
- On 8 May 2026 the Western High Court found Zammi's removal illegal and in breach of her rights under the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.
Sources
- Danish parenting tests under fire after baby removed from Greenlandic mother · The Guardian · News
- ‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children · The Guardian · News
- Greenlandic woman wins case against Danish authorities who removed her two-hour-old child · The Guardian · News