2026 Danish general election
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General elections were held in Denmark on 24 March 2026. All 179 seats in the Folketing were up for election, including 175 in Denmark proper, 2 in Greenland, and 2 in the Faroe Islands. It was the fi
Mette Frederiksen by Christian Ursilva
Troels Lund Poulsen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen by Christian Ursilva
Mette Frederiksen
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Mette Frederiksen is a Danish politician who has served as the prime minister of Denmark since 2019 and the leader of the Social Democrats since 2015. She is the second woman to hold either office fol
2026 Danish general election
…and Greenland, led to a narrow victory for the red bloc. Following the election, a centrist government (Frederiksen II Cabinet), led by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and consisting of the Social Democrats (A), Venstre (V) and the Moderates (M), was established. In the 2025 Danish local elections, the governing parties…
Frederiksen in 2001
Frederiksen during a hearing on deleted text messages during the cull, 22 October 2025
Frederiksen with US President Donald Trump during a NATO meeting in London, United Kingdom, December 2019