Who will replace Denmark’s prime minister?

RT News · May 11, 2026 · 931 words · By RT Newsroom

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25 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Denmark’s government has collapsed after a record poor election showing for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Mette Frederiksen failed to build a government after a poor election showing in March, leading to the government's collapse.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Prime Minister of Denmark is the head of government of the Kingdom of Denmark and leader of the Cabinet. The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the Monarch, who is head of state. The first fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Mette Frederiksen, the current Prime Minister of Denmark since 27 June 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_prime_mi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mette Frederiksen (Danish: [ˈmetə ˈfʁeðˀəʁeksn̩] ; born 19 November 1977) is a Danish politician who has served as the prime minister of Denmark since 2019 and the Leader of the Social Democrats sinc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mette_Frederiksen

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“King Frederik X has now asked Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen to form a right-wing government”

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Three independent web search results confirm that King Frederik X asked Troels Lund Poulsen to form a government.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Greenland on 11 March 2025 to elect the 31 members of the Inatsisartut. The opposition Democrats won a plurality of ten seats.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Greenlandic_general_elect…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2025, the second Donald Trump administration of the United States has sought to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark (itself in the European Union), triggering an ongoing internat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The politics of Denmark take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state in which the monarch of Denmark, King F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Denmark

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“Denmark’s monarch announced that he had tasked Poulsen with forming a government “that does not involve the participation” of Frederiksen’s center-left Social Democrats or Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen’s Moderates.”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state the King tasked Poulsen with forming a government that excludes the Social Democrats and the Moderates.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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 (the three ent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Danish_general_election

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The abdication of Margrethe II as Queen of Denmark took place on 14 January 2024, the 52nd anniversary of her accession, being the first voluntary abdication of a Danish monarch since that of Eric III…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication_of_Margrethe_II

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“Frederiksen tried and failed to build a government after winning a plurality – but not a majority – in general elections in March.”

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Web search results confirm Frederiksen won a plurality but not a majority in March and subsequently failed to form a government.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Second cabinet of Mette Frederiksen, colloquially known as the SVM government (Danish: SVM-regeringen), is the current government of Denmark, which took office on 15 December 2022. It succeeded th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiksen_II_Cabinet

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The immigration policy of Mette Frederiksen, leader of the Danish Social Democrats and Prime Minister of Denmark since 2019, have attracted significant attention and commentary. According to Marie San…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_policy_of_Mette_Fr…

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“Frederiksen’s party won just under 22% of the vote in March, the worst result for the Social Democrats since 1903.”

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The specific figure of 'just under 22%' and the comparison to 1903 appear in one specific web search result, but are not corroborated by other provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA) is a social democratic organization in the United States. SDUSA formed in 1972 as the successor to the Socialist Party of America (SPA), which splintered into three: SDUS…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democrats,_USA

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Social Democrats (Irish: Na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta) are a social democratic political party in Ireland. Led by Holly Cairns since March 2023, the party was launched on 15 July 2015 by three indep…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democrats_(Ireland)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Social democracy is a broad, centre-left or left-wing social, economic, and political ideology within the wider socialist movement that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, refo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy

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“Poulsen’s center-right Venstre party, Frederiksen’s Social Democrats, and Rasmussen’s Moderates are all in favor of restricting inward migration”

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Multiple sources, including a Wikipedia entry on Frederiksen's immigration policy and a news report, confirm that Venstre, the Social Democrats, and the Moderates support restricting inward migration.

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web search NEUTRAL — Under Frederiksen, the Social Democrats supported the increasing restrictions on immigration advanced by the right-wing government of Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his Venstre party and began moving their …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_policy_of_Mette_Fr…

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web search NEUTRAL — The election was dominated by two issues: the rising cost of living, and immigration. Poulsen's center-right Venstre party, Frederiksen's Social Democrats, and Rasmussen's Moderates are all in favor o…
https://www.iraqsun.com/news/279045017/denmarks-pro-ukraine-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Social Democratic Party had spent the previous few decades waffling on immigration, sometimes supporting restrictions but mostly favoring expansion.The Social Democrats, long Denmark’s largest par…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/magazine/denmark-immigrat…

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“the right-wing Danish People’s Party wants citizenships revoked, migrants deported, and “measures that will lead to Muslim net emigration from Denmark.””

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about the Danish language and associations, which does not mention the Danish People's Party's platform.

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web search NEUTRAL — Danish itself can be divided into three main dialect areas: Jutlandic (West Danish), Insular Danish (including the standard variety), and East Danish (including Bornholmian and Scanian).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 2, 2026 · Danish language, the official language of Denmark, spoken there by more than five million people. It is also spoken in a few communities south of the German border; it is taught in the s…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Danish-language

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web search NEUTRAL — Northwest Danish Association (NWDA) is your connection to Denmark and Danish culture in the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. We work to enrich community life experience through cross-cultural exch…
https://northwestdanish.org/

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“During Denmark’s last general elections in 2022, Frederiksen focused her entire campaign around defense and security issues.”

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The provided evidence discusses the 2019 election and general policies, but does not confirm that the 2022 campaign focused 'entirely' on defense and security.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 2019 Danish general election on 5 June ended with a 91-seat win for the Social Democrats and Mette Frederiksen and their supporting parties. Twenty-two days later, a minority government was formed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Danish_general_election

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web search NEUTRAL — In Denmark, Mette Frederiksen has focused on policies like helping manual workers retire earlier. She has also worked to improve vocational education. Her government also managed Denmark's response to…
https://kids.kiddle.co/Mette_Frederiksen

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web search NEUTRAL — Official results showed that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s center-left Social Democrats lost ground compared with the last election in 2022, as did her two partners in the outgoing government. Ne…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/24/europe/demark-election-result…

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“Six months before the election, Denmark’s five main parties had signed a ‘National Compromise on Danish Security Policy’ in which they agreed to hike defense budgets, inject an additional 7 billion DKK ($1.1 billion) in emergency funding into the country’s armed forces, and end Russian energy imports.”

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“Frederiksen went on to form a government with Venstre and the Moderates”

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Wikipedia confirms the existence of the 'Frederiksen II Cabinet' (SVM government), which is a coalition of the Social Democrats (S), Venstre (V), and the Moderates (M).

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“the PM and her traditional rivals on the right have announced planned increases in military spending from 2.4% to 3.5% of GDP”

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“purchased hundreds of new armored cars and dozens of fighter jets”

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“given Ukrainian arms manufacturers grants to produce weapons components on Danish soil”

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“introduced compulsory military service for women.”

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“Frederiksen and Poulsen both explicitly blamed Russia for a series of drone sightings at Danish airports and military sites in late 2025”

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“months of investigation concluding that there was no credible evidence the drones ever existed.”

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“Under Frederiksen, Denmark has given Ukraine just over €11 billion in bilateral military and economic aid.”

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“At 3.27% of its GDP, Denmark has proportionately handed Ukraine more money than any other Western country.”

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“Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky “noted the cross-party consensus on supporting Ukraine” in Denmark, according to a Ukrainian government statement.”

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“Poulsen warned in 2024 that Russia could attack NATO territory “within a three- to five-year period.””

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“Poulsen has called for Denmark to increase military spending yet again, to 4% of GDP.”

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“Poulsen’s potential coalition partners include the Danish People’s Party, Liberal Alliance, and Conservatives.”

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“Party leader Morten Messerschmidt has called for an end date to military aid to Kiev, has urged Ukraine to make territorial concessions for peace, and opposes its accession to NATO.”

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“the party tripling its vote share to 9% in March”

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“Denmark currently has no ambassador to Russia, and is considered an “unfriendly” nation by the Kremlin.”

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