Now it is up to you voters to decide which direction Denmark will take in the next four years, and I am really looking forward to that, says Frederiksen from the podium in the Folketing.
Mette Frederiksen has been Prime Minister of Denmark since 2019. First leading a Social Democratic government and then, in 2022, as part of a center-right government together with Venstre and the Moderates.
Does not exclude anything
Now Frederiksen says the parties are going into the election as individual parties and that she does not rule out any government constellation in advance.
However, she is clear about the direction she wants to take regarding a number of political issues, including the rearmament of the defense.
"If we are given the opportunity to form a government, there are a few things that are certain. Denmark will continue to arm itself and participate in protecting Europe against the Russian war machine," says Frederiksen.
The Queen of Crises
The election does not come as a big surprise. There has been recent speculation that Frederiksen will call an election before the summer to capitalize on the recent Greenland crisis.
The regional and municipal elections, held in November 2025, were described as a disaster election after the Social Democrats suffered a wide setback in large parts of the country.
A few weeks later, US President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to take over Greenland and Frederiksen, who is often described as the "queen of crises", surged in public opinion.
The government backs down
According to an opinion poll from Voxmeter on February 22, the center-right government with the Social Democrats, the Moderates and the Liberals has support of 41.4 percent, compared with 50.1 percent in the 2022 election.
The opposition parties on the left receive 24.8 percent in the survey and the opposition parties on the right of the government receive a combined 33.5 percent.
If you instead divide the parties into two blocs, as was the case before the formation of the center-right government, the red bloc receives 46.9 percent and the blue bloc 44.7 percent.
Denmark does not have a fixed election date, but the Prime Minister announces when the election will be held. However, a general election must be held within four years of the last election. The last time Denmark held an election was in the fall of 2022.
