The Social Democrats is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists,the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament,Folketing,and three out of fourteen MEPs elected from Denmark.
The Prime Minister's Office is the cabinet ministry of the Kingdom of Denmark,tasked with assisting the Prime Minister of Denmark,as well as the Cabinet of Denmark and Council of State.
Diplomatic relations between Denmark and the United States of America began in 1783. Both countries are members of the Arctic Council,OECD,OSCE,NATO and the United Nations.
Jeppe Sebastian Kofod is a former Danish politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark between 27 June 2019 to 15 December 2022.
The politics of Denmark take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy,a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state in which the monarch of Denmark,King Frederik X,is the head of state. Denmark is a nation state. Danish politics and governance are characterized by a common striving for broad consensus on important issues,within both the political community and society as a whole.
Mette Frederiksen is a Danish politician who has been serving as prime minister of Denmark since June 2019,and leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office,she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history,the first to be born after Margrethe II's accession to the throne,and the first to serve under Frederik X.
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing;175 in Denmark proper,two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament elections.
The Alternative is a green and pro-European political party in Denmark. The party was publicly launched on 27 November 2013 by former Minister of Culture Uffe Elbæk and Josephine Fock;Elbæk had been a parliamentarian for the Social Liberal Party. Elbæk was the leader of the party until February 2020,where he stepped down and was succeeded by Fock. Currently the party is led by Franciska Rosenkilde. It collaborates with DiEM25 at the European level. The Alternative regards itself as a political movement and a cultural voice,as well as a political party.
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 1 November 2022,except in the Faroe Islands,where they were held on 31 October as 1 November was a national day of mourning for victims at sea. Of the 179 members of the Folketing,175 were elected in Denmark proper,two in the Faroes and two in Greenland. The elections were called on 5 October following an ultimatum to the government by the Social Liberals due to the outcome of a report on the 2020 Danish mink cull by the Mink Commission,which was critical of the government. Voter turnout was 84% in Denmark,48% in Greenland,and 71% in the Faroes,with a combined turnout of 84% for the realm as a whole.
The Frederiksen I Cabinet took office on 27 June 2019 and succeeded the Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet following the 2019 Danish general election. Headed by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,it was a minority government consisting of the Social Democrats. It relied on parliamentary support from the Red–Green Alliance,the Socialist People's Party,and the Social Liberal Party.
Since the 19th century,the United States has considered,and made,several attempts to purchase the island of Greenland from Denmark,as it did with the Danish West Indies in 1917. Internal discussions within the United States government about acquiring Greenland notably occurred in 1867,1910,1946,1955,2019 and 2025 and acquisition has been advocated by American secretaries of state William H. Seward and James F. Byrnes,privately by vice president Nelson Rockefeller,and publicly by president Donald Trump,among others. After World War II,the United States secretly offered to buy Greenland;public discussion of purchasing the island occurred during Trump's first term in 2019 and again after Trump's 2024 reelection.
The Mink Commission formally the Commission of Inquiry into the Case of the Culling of Mink is a Danish investigative commission set up by a majority in the Folketing in 2020 to investigate The Mink Case;the culling of all minks in Denmark during the COVID-19 pandemic. It began its work on 23 April 2021. The commission consists of national judge Michael Kistrup,who is chairman,as well as law professor Helle Krunke from the University of Copenhagen and lawyer Ole Spiermann from the firm Bruun &Hjejle.
Events in the year 2022 in Denmark.
A referendum on the abolition of the defence opt-out,one of the country's opt-outs from the European Union,was held in Denmark on 1 June 2022. The referendum was announced on 6 March 2022 following a broad multi-party defence agreement reached during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The referendum resulted in the "Yes" side winning with approximately two-thirds of the vote.
The Frederiksen II Cabinet is the current Government of Denmark,which took office on 15 December 2022. It succeeded the Frederiksen I Cabinet following the 2022 general election.
Christina Markus Lassen R. is a Danish diplomat,who has served as the Permanent representative of Denmark to the United Nations since 2023. She previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to the United States and as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Liselotte Ellegaard Kjærsgaard Plesner is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. She is the current Ambassador of Denmark to Saudi Arabia,concurrently serving as ambassador to Kuwait,Bahrain,Oman and Yemen,and having previously served as Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO,from 2018 to 2022,the first woman to hold that position.
Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard is a Danish diplomat,jurist and civil servant. She is the current Ambassador of Denmark to Sweden,having previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to Estonia,from 2017 to 2022.
Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. He is the current NATO Assistant Secretary General for Innovation,Hybrid and Cyber,having previously served as Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Danish Prime Minister's Office between 2019 and 2024,under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
