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Miranda Bryant in Kokkedal

Denmark election: far right has slowed under Frederiksen – but at what cost?

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen greeting people and handing out roses in Denmark
Mette Frederiksen on the campaign trail ahead of the election. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Reuters

Mayasa Mandia, a recent graduate living in the small Danish town of Kokkedal, will be voting for the left in Tuesday’s general election – but it won’t be for Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats.

The 23-year-old, a practising Muslim, says that under Frederiksen’s government far-right commentary has become normalised in the Danish mainstream. She has seen this, she says, at her own university, where there were discussions about banning prayers.

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