(AFP) Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, poised to form a new government after winning Denmark’s election this week, is a social media-loving leader who has overseen her Social Democrats’ monumental shift to a “zero refugee” policy.
The 44-year-old, a fan of canned mackerel and Instagram, became the country’s youngest prime minister in 2019 — a post she looks set to keep after her left-wing bloc secured a razor-thin majority in Tuesday’s legislative vote.
Frederiksen has been a source of inspiration for the hit political drama series Borgen, the show’s creators have said, with inevitable comparisons drawn to both the show’s main character Birgitte Nyborg and the fourth season prime minister Signe Kragh.
