Centre-left Social Democrats victorious in Denmark elections
(The Guardian Denmark)

Danes follow Nordic trend away from populism but leader Mette Frederiksen could struggle to form coalitionVoters appear to have returned the third left-leaning government in a year to the Nordic region as Denmark´s Social Democrats claimed victory in parliamentary elections with 25.9% of the vote.The centre-left party finished clear of the centre-right Liberals of outgoing prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who improved on their 2015 score to reach 23.4%, and the populist, far-right Danish People´s party (DPP), which plunged to 8.7% - less than half its tally in the last election. Related: Denmark`s centre-left set to win election with anti-immigration shift Related: Stigmatised, marginalised: life inside Denmark´s official ghettos Continue reading...