The office of Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark, has announced that the country will hold a parliamentary election on March 24 as the leader seeks to consolidate political momentum amid growing public support for her foreign policy approach.
The election comes as Frederiksen’s approval ratings have strengthened following her firm opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to place Greenland under American control on national security grounds.
The upcoming vote will determine the composition of the Folketing, which has 179 seats and serves a four-year legislative term. Of these, 175 seats represent mainland Denmark, while Greenland and the Faroe Islands are each allocated two seats.
Although Danish law requires a general election at least once every four years, the prime minister has the constitutional authority to call an early election. The last parliamentary election was held on November 1, 2022, resulting in a three-party coalition that bridges Denmark’s traditional left–right political divide.
Frederiksen, a centre-left politician and leader of the Social Democratic Party, has served as Denmark’s prime minister since 2019.
She currently heads a coalition government that includes the Liberal Party led by Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and the centrist Moderates party headed by Foreign Minister and former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
In recent months, Frederiksen has worked alongside European partners to counter Trump’s Greenland proposal, a diplomatic campaign that appears to have enhanced her domestic popularity, particularly after earlier public concerns over rising living costs and pressure on welfare systems.
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