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Denmark votes: Will Greenland fight help Frederiksen win?

Teri Schultz in Copenhagen
March 23, 2026

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen resolutely fended off US President Donald Trump's Greenland ambitions. But will this help her win a third term in the upcoming Danish elections?

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Danes will vote on Tuesday in a snap general election called by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

She's betting her handling of Donald Trump's threats against Greenland will help her at the polls.

But with economic issues on voters' minds, her centre-left block of coalition parties is trailing in opinions polls.