Danish Prime Minister's Party Has Grown In Popularity

• 29.01.2026, 11:58

Amid Trump's encroachment on Greenland.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's party saw its approval ratings surge in January - just months after a terrible performance in local elections last year - thanks to a staunch defense of Danish sovereignty against Donald Trump's aggressive threats to annex Greenland.

The results of several polls are cited by Politico.

The Frederiksen Social Democratic Party, which rules in a coalition with the center-right Moderates and Venstre parties, won the support of 22.7 percent of voters and could claim 41 seats in parliament in a new poll conducted by the respected Danish consulting firm Megafon from Jan. 20 to 22 among 1,012 Danes.

This is a sharp increase from Megafon's last poll in early December, which showed Frederiksen's party would win only 32 seats.

The Social Democrats now have 50 seats out of 179, and the latest polls show they will still remain the largest party in parliament with 41 seats, giving them back the lead in coalition talks but leaving them dependent on partners to stay in power.

The rise in support is even more marked given that the Social Democrats suffered a terrible performance in municipal elections in November, when Frederiksen's party lost Copenhagen, a symbolically important seat, for the first time in 100 years.

The Moderates party, led by Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, nearly tripled its share of the vote in the poll from 2.2 percent to 6.4 percent, or about 12 seats.

Another poll released Monday by research institute Voxmeter for Danish news agency Ritzau showed support for Frederiksen's cabinet at 40.9 percent, the highest in two years. If the election were held now, the coalition is projected to win 73 seats.

This still leaves them 17 seats short of the 90 needed for a majority and forces them to negotiate with other parties, but it is a far cry from what looked like inevitable defeat just a few months ago.