The election campaign has been short and intense, and the outcome is uncertain. When Frederiksen makes her final sprint in a shopping mall in Valby, Copenhagen, the first focus is on the children who want to take selfies.
She then gives her final television interviews, where she smiles and calmly and composedly urges voters to elect her. And she raises her trump card - the reputation she has gained as a strong leader through tough crises.
I meet many Danes who say, "I'm not a social democrat, but I think you should be prime minister."
Foreign policy seriousness
There is a foreign policy seriousness, with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and threats to the Kingdom of Denmark, she asserts.
Mette Frederiksen hopes to continue as Prime Minister of Denmark, but like the other current government parties - Venstre and Moderaterne - S is expected to lose a large number of votes compared to the 2022 election.
I am quite sure that the voters will surprise in one way or another, they always do, says Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) in connection with his vote in a sports hall in Gribskov on Zealand.
“Needs stability”
He insists that he is not specifically looking for the prime minister's post, but says that he would like to be the one to put together a new government if he becomes prime minister. But if the "red bloc" gets a majority, that will not be the case, he notes, because the task will then go to Mette Frederiksen.
He himself wants to see a new center-right government.
I think Denmark needs stability, he says.
“A little too arrogant”
Tanja Tjerry, who voted in Sydhavnen in Copenhagen this morning, has a divided opinion of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
I think it's really difficult, because Mette Frederiksen is not that popular, but I don't think there's really any alternative. Many people think she's a bit too arrogant and leans too far to the right.
The polling stations close at 8 p.m. and the first election forecast will be released about an hour later. Results are expected to be available around midnight.
Steen Vestervang thinks it is very difficult to predict the election outcome.
It's very open, it's very tight. It's hard to see what kind of government we'll get. We'll see that tomorrow.
