US EditionFrederiksen tipped for third term as Denmark votes
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seeks a third term amid a cost-of-living crisis and a Greenland dispute, with her party polling at 20.9% after a recent rebound, Megafon shows.
- On March 24, 2026, Denmark holds a snap parliamentary election with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, age 48, seeking a third term as over a dozen parties contest all 179 Folketing seats.
- After slipping in local polls, Frederiksen's support later rebounded from about 17% to 20.9% in Megafon polling following the Greenland dispute, prompting an early election call.
- Megafon polling shows narrow bloc margins as the Red Bloc is projected at 86 seats, the Blue Bloc at 78, and the Moderates and four overseas seats could tip the balance.
- The election outcome will influence domestic tax and welfare policy as Social Democrats plan a tax on personal assets above 25 million kroner amid Danish voters concerned about cost-of-living and the outgoing three-party coalition’s food cheque measure.
- The Greenland dispute has dominated international coverage as tensions with the US over threats to annex Greenland, compounded by long-standing grievances, boost Frederiksen’s profile abroad.
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The electoral posters overlap these days in the careful and narrow streets of Tórshavn, the capital of Faroe Islands. Its inhabitants face a double appointment with the ballot boxes: on Tuesday they will participate in the Danish legislatures; on Thursday, in elections that arouse a much greater interest because they will elect the new members of their own Parliament. This remote Atlantic archipelago, integrated into the Kingdom of Denmark, alth…
After seven years in power, the Social Democrat Mette Frederiksen will seek a third term at the polls as Denmark's prime minister. In her favor, the firmness shown in the face of Donald Trump's threats to annex the Danish autonomous island of Greenland over the past few months and the internal division of the parties of the right-wing bloc plays out.In front of an unprecedented Grand Coalition with the Liberals and the moderates of former Prime …
Economy, Greenland and wealth tax among issues in Denmark's election
Denmark holds an election on Tuesday, with opinion polls showing a narrow lead for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's centre-left bloc, boosted by her defiant stand against U.S. President Donald Trump's push to take control of Greenland.
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