Denmark's Mette Frederiksen to form government after months of negotiations

Months since Denmark's wide election, acting premier curate Mette Frederiksen, the person of the Social Democratic Party, volition signifier a centre-left conjugation number government.

Twelve parties won seats successful March's inconclusive election. The Social Democrats won the astir votes but saw their weakest show since 1903.

Speaking to reporters aft gathering King Frederik X, Frederiksen said the woody was reached pursuing agelong and fraught negotiations, adding that she would contiguous the caller furniture connected Wednesday.

The woody gives her a 3rd word arsenic premier curate astatine a clip erstwhile US President Donald Trump has said helium wants to instrumentality implicit Greenland, a semi-autonomous portion of Denmark.

With 21.9% of the vote, Frederiksen's enactment won conscionable 38 seats successful the March predetermination – losing 12 and falling good abbreviated of the 90 needed to signifier a majority.

The conjugation volition dwell of Frederiksen's Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party, the centre-left Radikale Venstre and the centrist Moderates, according to a connection from the palace.

"His Majesty the King is expected to person the caller authorities astatine Amalienborg connected Wednesday 3 June 2026 successful the morning," the connection said. Amalienborg is the authoritative residence of the Danish royal household successful Copenhagen.

Frederiksen informed the King portion helium was connected committee the Royal Yacht Dannebrog, the family's residence erstwhile they are connected summertime cruises oregon authoritative visits overseas.

Denmark's nationalist broadcaster DR noted connected its website that the state had spent 69 days without a caller government.

In summation to addressing Trump's calls for the US to get Greenland, citing its strategical value for US nationalist security, Frederiksen volition person to code home concerns including the outgo of living, the authorities of the system and payment worries.

Other cardinal issues for voters were carnal rights, the precocious level of pesticides successful drinking h2o due to the fact that of pig farming, and agriculture's clime footprint overall.

"We look guardant to telling you much astir the governmental ground tomorrow. Because it is authorities that is bully for some the radical who are successful Denmark. The generations that volition come. And for the animals," the 48-year-old Frederiksen wrote connected Instagram precocious connected Monday night.

After the March election, the Social Democrats' main right-wing rival, the Liberal enactment Venstre, besides had their worst results for implicit a century, with conscionable 10.1%, falling down the Green Left SF.

The far-right Danish People's Party, much than tripled its effect to 9 percent of votes.