Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) is among the most powerful women in politics in the world.
This is the opinion of the American business magazine Forbes, which has placed the Danish Prime Minister in 18th place on the magazine’s list.
At the top of that list is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who according to Forbes has now topped the list for ten years in a row.
However, she has announced her resignation from German politics when her term of office expires in 2021, and thus it may be last year with her name at the top of the list.
Just after her comes the Frenchman Christine Lagarde, who has been president of the European Central Bank for more than a year.
Next up is American Kamala Harris, who is set to become both America’s first female and black vice president from January 20, 2021.
Forbes has also compiled a list of the most powerful women in the world in general, and here Mette Frederiksen takes place number 75.
Also on this list are Merkel number one, Christine Lagarde second and Kamala Harris third.
Mette Frederiksen is 43 years old, and she has been the Prime Minister of Denmark since the parliamentary elections in June 2019. She was just the second woman to occupy that post, and she is the youngest ever in office, the business magazine highlights.
The Prime Minister made international headlines when the US President, Donald Trump, in September 2019, should have made his way past Denmark, but canceled his visit after Mette Frederiksen had denied that a sale of Greenland could be considered.
She called it an “absurd discussion,” and the dispute between Denmark and the great power was mentioned in several major media around the world.
It is emphasized in a short portrait of Mette Frederiksen that two of her main priorities are to increase the costs of welfare and to deal with challenges in the climate area.
The parliamentary elections in 2019 were just referred to as a “climate election” by many, and during the election campaign there were discussions about green transition, renewable energy and sustainability in agriculture.
According to DR, climate and environment were the topic that was mentioned the most.
Both in terms of powerful women in politics and powerful women in general, the Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, beats the Danish. Solberg occupies 12th and 52nd place respectively.
The Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, 35 years old, is number 21 on the policy list and number 85 on the general list.
/ ritzau /
