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Denmark is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe. A hereditary monarch serves as head of state while an elected Prime Minister heads the government, and the unicameral Folketing holds legislative power.

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Liberal Democracy 1
Founding Year
1849 2
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1. Freedom House: Denmark (Freedom in the World 2025)
Freedom HouseOverview, Global Freedom Score 97/100 (free)
Quote, Overview, Global Freedom Score 97/100 (free)
Denmark is a robust democracy with regular free and fair elections.
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2. Denmark (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: established_date2
    5 June 1849
  • Practices: Unitary State, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
  • Practices: Parliamentary Democracy, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
  • Practices: Constitutional Monarchy, Infobox: government_type
    Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
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Politics of Denmark (Wikipedia)
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    take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, a constitutional monarchy
  • Governed By: Mette Frederiksen Government, Executive section, Head of Government subsection
    Frederiksen became prime minister on 27 June 2019.
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