His Royal Highness Crown Prince occur as patron of the Arctic Winter Games 2016. The Crown Prince's support for the Games is a great accolade for the Games, and the news is greeted with joy by both AWG2016 Host Society.

Chairman of the Host City, Mayor Asii Chemnitz Narup, is thrilled that Crown Prince Frederik is the patron of the big event:

"It's huge, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has agreed to be patron of the Arctic Winter Games in 2016 in Nuuk. This underlines and reinforces the close ties between Denmark and Greenland and shows Crown Prince's great love and strong attachment to Greenland. "