With consequences such as trucks from Germany waiting to refuel until they are in Denmark to benefit from the low diesel prices in Denmark
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Mette Frederiksen
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 following Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history.
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Born 19 November 1977 · Q5015
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2030· 2 entries
Compared to 1990, the decision to stop oil and gas exploration after 2050, also driven by the fact that only one company applied for a lease in the latest auction, and the energy islands in the North Sea
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2026· 19 entries
“s leader, but has not yet fully recovered after last week”
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“Normally, I would seek to compromise, but not on immigration policy.”
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Demócrata: Mette Frederiksen: trayectoria, cargos públicos, últimas noticias y poder digital
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EL PAÍS: Mette Frederiksen, la socialdemócrata que abandera la línea dura contra la inmigración en Europa
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gaceta.es: Giorgia Meloni y Mette Frederiksen: dos dirigentes que en materia de inmigración ilegal hablan el mismo...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Mette Frederiksen | Biography, Denmark, Greenland, Party, & Facts
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NewsCord: Giorgia Meloni and Mette Frederiksen Push Deportation Centers After Ceuta Crisis: how 11 outlets framed it
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Public attention spiked: 3,244 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 797, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Giorgia Meloni and Mette Frederiksen Push Deportation Centers After Ceuta Crisis: how 11 outlets framed it” (NewsCord).
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Il Foglio: Meloni and Frederiksen form an alliance on social media too: “No to uncontrolled immigration, yes to hubs in third countries”
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L'Unione Sarda.it: Giorgia Meloni and Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen: "No to uncontrolled immigration, united to defend Europe."
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Agenzia Nova: Meloni and Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen: "We do not accept uncontrolled immigration."
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El Economista: Mette Frederiksen, la socialdemócrata danesa que se ha alineado con Meloni contra Sánchez por la política migratoria
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Public attention spiked: 3,454 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.3× the usual 797, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 5,077 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.4× the usual 797, with 4 article edits. Coverage that week: “Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen to lead four-party coalition after months of uncertainty” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen to lead four-party coalition after months of uncertainty
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“s future was for Greenland itself to decide, while also stressing Arctic security. Associated Press later described French President Emmanuel Macron”
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Campaign: 2026 election.
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Reuters similarly wrote that although her asylum reforms had helped curb the Danish far right, they had also alienated some allies abroad
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Reuters wrote that her defiant handling of renewed U
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2025· 4 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A video shows Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the Danish parliament laughing while listening to U.S. President Donald Trump talk about acquiring Greenland.” Fake.
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Politico ranked her Europe's second most powerful person, and in 2026 she was included on Time's list of the world's 100 most influential people
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Politico wrote that she had acquired a reputation as the "black sheep" of European social democrats for siding with the right on asylum and border controls
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However, she increasingly criticised the Israeli government's conduct of the war in Gaza
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2024· 3 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog (2024).
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Awarded Order of Liberty (2024).
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen giggling when talking about Taiwan” False.
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2023· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Princess Olga, 1st class (2023).
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Reuters and Politico reported that she had emerged as a strong contender for the post of NATO secretary-general, with diplomats describing her as a serious candidate and as a staunch supporter of Ukraine
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Also promised indefinite support for Ukrainian refugees
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2022· 3 entries
Election lost: 2022 election.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows PM Narendra Modi is visiting a kebab stall with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen.” False.
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Campaign: 2022 election.
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2021· 3 entries
Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen joined forces with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in setting up a joint research and development fund, and possibly production facilitie
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“I was a social democrat before I got green. And when I wake up in the morning, I am still a social democrat before I am green.”
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Presented a plan called "Law of Children", aiming to put children first in social cases, including giving municipalities more resources to take children away from violent parents, and to give children more rights in
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2020· 5 entries
Awarded Ting Prize (2020).
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Issued an order to mink farmers to cull millions of these animals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; this decision later turned out to be unconstitutional
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And 2021 for refusing to repatriate children with Danish citizenship from Syrian refugee camps in Kurdish-controlled Syria, due to their parents having joined the Islamic State
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Frederiksen was labelled "the most euroskeptic [Danish] Prime Minister in history" by the Danish online newspaper Altinget
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Also made a deal with the Socialist People's Party, the Red-Green Alliance, and the Danish People's Party, in order to give people who have worked for long the ability to get early retirement
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2019· 2 entries
Campaign: 2019 election.
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Denmark (2019).
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2017· 1 entry
“I have said from the beginning that I unfortunately believe the American president is serious about this. I have also made it very clear where Denmark stands. And Greenland has repeatedly said that it does not want to be part of the USA.”
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2015· 2 entries
Succeeded Thorning-Schmidt as party leader and became Leader of the Opposition
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“For me, it is becoming increasingly clear that the price of unregulated globalization, mass immigration, and the free movement of labour is paid for by the lower classes.”
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2014· 1 entry
Career landmark: Justice Minister of Denmark (2014–2015).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Ting Prize (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister for Employment (2011–2014).
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2010· 1 entry
By the VK government and the Danish People's Party, and were to be fully implemented on 2 July 2012
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2009· 1 entry
Studied at University of Copenhagen, Master degree in Denmark (2009).
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2007· 1 entry
Studied at Aalborg University, bachelor's degree (2007).
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2005· 2 entries
And that it would have been hypocritical of her to put her own political career ahead of her daughter's best interest
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Frederiksen had openly criticised parents who sent their children to private schools
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Nina Bang Award (2002).
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Opened the debate on the abolition of prostitution, and was behind the 2009 congressional decision that the Social Democrats would "work for a ban on the purchase of sexual acts", saying that prostitution caused ment
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Received the Nina Bang award for "showing political courage, enthusiasm and impact with social feeling"
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2001· 1 entry
For Copenhagen County, she became Minister of Employment in 2011 and later Minister of Justice in 2014, in the governments of Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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1996· 1 entry
Studied at Aalborghus Gymnasium (1993–1996).
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1990· 1 entry
“I will chain myself to Portland before anyone is allowed to close them”
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1977· 1 entry
Born 1977-11-19.
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