Most of the aid will be given in the form of American advisory and consultancy services, used to “benefit the economic development of Greenland, including the mineral industry, tourism and education,” according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Greenlandic government.

Many of the Danish government’s allies and opponents have objected to the aid. Soren Espersen of the far right Danish People’s Party on Wednesday denounced the aid as “insulting,” telling the Danish news website Altinget that such economic support was “for developing countries.”

On the left, the Greenland spokesman of the Socialist People’s Party, Karsten Honge, called the plan “extremely provocative,” and described it as an attempt to “put lice in the fur coat” of the island’s relationship with Denmark, according to the website Altinget. A conservative Danish lawmaker, Rasmus Jarlov, also accused the United States of “clearly undermining” Denmark-Greenland relations.

But Denmark’s minister of foreign affairs, Jeppe Kofod, said on Thursday that Denmark wants Greenland to have a mutually beneficial relationship with the United States. “It’s no secret that we’ve worked for a long time with Greenland to make sure Greenland sees a benefit from the U.S. presence,” he said, adding that it was now up to Greenland’s government and the U.S. to decide how they want to spend the money.

But Mr. Kofod declined to comment on the backlash against the aid. “I’m not going to speak about people’s concerns,” he said. “People are free to have them.”