Elections in Denmark - Will the Greenland standoff help Prime Minister Frederiksen remain in office?

On 26 February 2026, Denmark’s Prime Minister called early elections to be held on 24 March 2026. As the popularity of her party began to decline, Mette Frederiksen used her suddenly improved ratings — triggered by the Greenland crisis — to call a snap election. All 179 seats in the Danish parliament (Folketing) will be contested: 175 in Denmark proper, two in Greenland, and two in the Faroe Islands. What are the key electoral issues? Will elections bring any policy changes? SPEAKERS: Rune Stubager is an award-winning professor at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. His research focuses on electoral behaviour, public opinion, and political sociology in Denmark. Michael Jarlner is a journalist and foreign affairs commentator at Politiken. CONCEPT & MODERATION: Mirjana Tomic, fjum/Presseclub Concordia COOPERATION PARTNERS: ERSTE Stiftung https://www.erstestiftung.org fjum https://fjum-wien.at Presseclub Concordia https://concordia.at