The 23-year-old, a practising Muslim, says that under Frederiksen’s government far-right commentary has become normalised in the Danish mainstream. But, under Frederiksen’s centrist coalition, anti-immigrant rhetoric and Islamophobia have become increasingly commonplace in Danish politics, she feels. “What used to be extreme ideas that were not taken seriously by the major parties are now mainstream ideas in Denmark. “Had the mainstream parties not moved, I would have expected the immigration-sceptic parties to grow like we’ve seen in other countries where mainstream parties have not tightened immigration regulation to the same extent,” he added. He liked Frederiksen, he said, particularly for her handling of the Greenland crisis when Donald Trump threatened to acquire the Arctic island.

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2026 08:00 UTC