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Mette Frederiksen

Prime Minister of Denmark, 2019 to present

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A Social Democrat who mixes a generous welfare state with some of Europe's strictest immigration rules.

Mette Frederiksen sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning nature-first on environment, leaning nationalist on nation and leaning institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on culture.

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Where Mette Frederiksen sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureCentered on culture
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Mette Frederiksen

Yitzhak Rabin Prime Minister of Israel, 1974 to 1977 and 1992 to 199598%Mindaugas Sinkevičius Prime Minister of Lithuania, 2026 to present98%Keir Starmer UK Prime Minister, 2024 to 202697%Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway, 2021 to present97%Sébastien Lecornu Prime Minister of France, 2025 to present96%Jacques Chirac President of France, 1995 to 200795%Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia, 2022 to present95%Franklin D. Roosevelt US President, 1933 to 194595%

People furthest from Mette Frederiksen

Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 199512%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191014%Ron Paul US Representative from Texas, 1997 to 201317%Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 194017%

Political views closest to Mette Frederiksen

Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…97%Liberal nationalismHolds that nations have a right to self-government and a shared identity, provided they…94%Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…94%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.92%

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